Malayalam

noun

Mal·​a·​ya·​lam ˌma-lə-ˈyä-ləm 

ˌmä-

: the Dravidian language of Kerala, southwest India, closely related to Tamil

Examples of Malayalam in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 1986 Malayalam film directed by John Abraham was not the property of a studio or a single estate. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 May 2026

Panorama Studios has also entered a Malayalam co-production partnership with actor-producer Nivin Pauly, and struck distribution alliances with Century Films and overseas distributor Phars Film. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026

Written, directed and produced by Dhar, with Jyoti Deshpande and Lokesh Dhar also producing, the film released in the Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026

The poster has long since gone around the world, translated into languages including Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, and Malayalam. — Elaine Blair, The New York Review of Books, 18 Nov. 2025

The new film is a remake of the Malayalam film Pariyerum Perumal, much like the first one was a remake of the Marathi hit Sairaat. — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1814, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Malayalam

• diazepam
• ideogram
• oscillogram
• pyelogram
• roentgenogram
• abraham
• anagram
• cablegram
• cofferdam
• dendrogram
• diagram
• diaphragm