KOCHI: There is a running joke among Keralites — the Malayalam translation for the word ‘switch’. We giggle while mouthing the word — ‘vidyucchakthi-gamanaagamana-niyanthrana-yanthram’. Though it ...

Malayalam has a history of assimilating loanwords from various foreign tongues. This is true even of some of common slang words that Malayalees use in day-to-day conversations. Here's a list of some ...

Words make a language, and often, with the changes that the passage of time causes, certain words are lost as new words gain currency. Often, these words slip away unnoticed. “When my mother and I ...

As many as 6,000 words from several tribal languages and dialects will soon be available at the click of a mouse once the e-dictionary of the Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University is ready.

KALPETTA: Talk in everlasting words And dedicate them all to me ... It’s only words, and words are all I have To take your heart away — Bee Gees, Words (1968) For nearly three decades, prominent ...