Ancient in Malayalam
പ്രാചീന (praacheena) is the adjective for ancient, standing before the noun as in praacheena Keralam. It is Sanskritic but entirely current, used in history writing, journalism and classroom Malayalam. An intensified form exists for things of very great age.
Most common translation
Ancient, turned to the east, facing the east.
ഇത് ഒരു പ്രാചീന ക്ഷേത്രമാണ്.
ithu oru praacheena kshethramaanu.
This is an ancient temple.
All Malayalam words for “ancient”
- പ്രാചീന (praacheena) — Ancient, turned to the east, facing the east.
- പുരാണ (puraana) — Ancient, antiquarian, very old, antiquated, pert. to the Puranas or holy scriptures.
- പൂര്വ്വ (poorva) — Ancient, first, olden, eastern, prior, aforesaid, mentioned already, chief.
- പണ്ടത്തെ (pandathe) — Old, ancient, of olden times.
- അതിപ്രാചീന (athipracheena) — Very ancient.
- അപ്രാചീന (apracheena) — Not ancient, unaccomplished.
- കേരളമാഹാത്മ്യം (keralamaahaathmyam) — An ancient work dealing with the greatness of Kerala.
- പഴങ്കഥ (pazhankatha) — Old story, ancient story, stories of antiquity.
- പഴമക്കാര് (pazhamakkar) — Old fashioned people, people who know of olden times, old people, with ancient wisdom.
- പുരാണകഥ (puraanakatha) — Ancient story, story in the Puranas, epics, legends.
- പെരുമനം (perumanam) — One of the 64 villages in ancient Kerala.
- പ്രാചീനകാലം (praacheenakaalam) — Ancient times, olden times.
- പ്രാചീനത (praacheenatha) — Archaism, state of being ancient, oldness.
- മഠം (madam) — Monastery, convent, nunnery, house of a Brahmin, school for teaching the Vedas (holy scriptures), ancient Gurukula.
- സാകേതം (saaketham) — The ancient city of Ayodhya.
പ്രാചീന is ancient in the general sense, പുരാണ (puraana) also carries the flavour of the Puranas, പണ്ടത്തെ (pandathe) is the homely of olden times, and അതിപ്രാചീന (athipracheena) is very ancient.
Common questions
How do you say ancient in Malayalam?
പ്രാചീന (praacheena).
How do you say very ancient?
അതിപ്രാചീന (athipracheena), with the intensifier athi in front.