Ability in Malayalam
Ability is ക്ഷമത (kshamatha) in Malayalam, the noun for competence and skill at doing something. It appears in job notices, school reports and formal assessments of what a person can do. The everyday spoken word for ability is not among the options here.
Most common translation
Ability, efficiency, skill.
അവന്റെ ക്ഷമത എല്ലാവരും അംഗീകരിച്ചു.
avante kshamatha ellaavarum angeekarichu.
Everyone acknowledged his ability.
All Malayalam words for “ability”
- ക്ഷമത (kshamatha) — Ability, efficiency, skill.
- പാങ്ങ് (pangu) — Ability, means, opportunity, help, wealth, excuse.
- വശം (vasham) — Ability, skill, policy, tactics, knack, influence.
- ശക്യത (shakyatha) — Ability, possibility, practicability, capacity.
- വല്ലഭം (vallabham) — Skill, ability, a tree,.
- കരുത്ത് (karuthu) — Strength, power, ability, courage, determination.
- പര്യാപ്തി (paryaapthi) — Attainment, satisfaction, sufficiency, ability, fullness.
- പോരിമ (porima) — Sufficiency, strength, capacity, ability.
- മിടുക്ക് (midukk) — Skill, cleverness, agility, ability, smartness.
- വൈഭവം (vaibhavam) — Superior power, greatness, ability, dexterity.
- ശേഷി (sheshi) — Strength, power, capacity, ability, competence.
- അതിചാതുര്യം (athichathuryam) — Great cleverness, dexterity, great skill, great ability.
- അരുതാതെ (aruthathe) — Not in one's ability.
- കഴിവുള്ള (kazhivulla) — Capable, having the skill or ability to do something, competent.
- ക്രിയാശക്തി (kriyaashakthi) — God's creative power, ability to do work.
- തിരിച്ചറിവ് (thirichariv) — Wisdom, awareness, faculty of discrimination, the ability to distinguish between things.
- പരീക്ഷകൾ (pareekshakal) — Tests. Examinations that measure knowledge or ability; medical tests are usually parishodhanakal.
- പ്രവര്ത്തനക്ഷമത (pravarthanakshamatha) — Ability to work or perform well, working condition.
- പ്രാപ്തി (prapathi) — Access, entering, unusual ability, competence, cleverness.
- മഹിമ (mahima) — Greatness, nobility, the ability to increase one's size as one likes.
- യഥാശക്തി (yathaashakthi) — In accordance with one's ability or capacity.
kshamatha stresses competence, shakyatha the mere possibility of doing a thing, karuthu bodily strength and determination, and pangu means and opportunity.
Common questions
How do you say ability in Malayalam?
Use ക്ഷമത (kshamatha) for ability, efficiency or skill.
What is the difference between kshamatha and shakyatha?
kshamatha is a person being capable; ശക്യത (shakyatha) is about whether something is practicable at all.