Analysis in Malayalam

Analysis is വിഘടനം (vighadanam) in Malayalam, literally a breaking up into parts. Say vi-gha-da-nam, with a breathy gh. It is a technical word, at home in chemistry, linguistics and formal argument.

Most common translation

വിഘടനം (vighadanam)

Analysis, breaking up into components, breaking, conflict, ruin.

വെള്ളത്തിന്റെ വിഘടനം ടീച്ചർ പഠിപ്പിച്ചു.

vellathinte vighadanam teachar padhippichu.

The teacher taught the breaking up of water into its components.

All Malayalam words for “analysis”

വിഘടനം (vighadanam) is analysis as decomposition into components; പ്രപഞ്ചം (prapancham) mainly means the universe and reaches the sense of analysis only in old rhetorical usage.

Common questions

What is analysis in Malayalam?

വിഘടനം (vighadanam), the breaking down of something into its parts.

Would I use വിഘടനം for literary analysis?

It works where the idea really is taking something apart; for commentary on a text, Malayalam prefers words built on explanation.