Aforesaid in Malayalam

മേല്‍പ്പറഞ്ഞ (melpparanja) means aforesaid, literally said above. Legal documents, circulars and formal letters are full of it. The pp in the middle is doubled, giving mel-ppa-ran-ja.

Most common translation

മേല്‍പ്പറഞ്ഞ (melpparanja)

Aforesaid.

മേല്‍പ്പറഞ്ഞ കാര്യങ്ങൾ ഒന്ന് വായിക്കൂ.

melpparanja kaaryangal onnu vaayikkoo.

Please read the aforesaid matters.

All Malayalam words for “aforesaid”

മേല്‍പ്പറഞ്ഞ is the direct equivalent of aforesaid, while പൂര്‍വ്വ (poorva) is a Sanskrit stem meaning prior or already mentioned and appears inside compounds rather than alone.

Common questions

How do you say aforesaid in Malayalam?

മേല്‍പ്പറഞ്ഞ (melpparanja), the standard word in documents for what was said above.

Can I use poorva alone to mean aforesaid?

Not comfortably. It works as the first element of a compound, so plain aforesaid in a document is മേല്‍പ്പറഞ്ഞ.