About

Malayalam Dictionary is a free, open reference for the Malayalam language. Type a word the way it appears in a sentence and we resolve it to its root and explain it in plain English, with pronunciation, inflected forms, etymology, and audio. It currently holds 81,278 words and is growing.

How entries are made

Entries are compiled from open, attributed lexical data, mainly Wiktionary (via Wiktextract) and the open Olam dictionary, with inflected forms from mlmorph. Meanings always come from these sources; we do not invent definitions. AI is used only in labelled places: to compose example sentences that are then independently verified, and to draft a small number of otherwise-missing entries that a person approves before publishing. Each entry links back to its source, and pronunciation audio, where present, comes from Wikimedia Commons recordings by native speakers.

Not every entry has yet been individually checked by a subject expert, and we say so plainly rather than imply otherwise. Every entry is sourced and labelled, review and correction are layered on as the project grows, and where a named person has reviewed an entry we credit them by their real role. The methodology and editorial policy sets out the full process, the quality checks, and exactly where AI is and is not used.

Corrections

Every word page has a “Report an error” link. Tell us what’s wrong and it feeds the correction list. The dictionary gets better because readers help fix it.

Accessibility

The site targets WCAG 2.2 AAA: 7:1 text contrast, full keyboard use, visible focus, and clean semantic markup with correct language tags on Malayalam and English. There are text-size and light/dark controls, and the site honours your device’s reduced-motion and increased-contrast settings. If something is hard to use, please tell us.