Art in Malayalam
Art in the broad sense covers painting, music, dance and theatre, and Malayalam calls all of it കല (kala). Just two short syllables, ka-la, the word also stretches to any skill performed beautifully.
Most common translation
Art, painting, music, dance and other creative work; also a skill done beautifully.
ചിത്രം വരയ്ക്കുന്നത് ഒരു കലയാണ്.
chithram varaykkunnathu oru kalayaanu.
Drawing pictures is an art.
All Malayalam words for “art”
- കല (kala) — Art, painting, music, dance and other creative work; also a skill done beautifully.
- തന്ത്രം (thanthram) — Cunning, craft, device, tactics, stratagem, trick, art, spiritual administration in temples, theory, system, dependence, rituals.
- അപൂര്വ്വ കല (apoorva kala) — Rare art, obscure art.
- ആദിമകല (aadimakala) — Primitive art.
- ആധുനികകല (aadhunikakala) — Modern art.
- ആസ്വാദകന് (aaswadakan) — One who appreciates or enjoys (a work of art).
- ഇറ്റലി (ittali) — Italy. A country in southern Europe, known for Rome, art and food.
- കലാകാരന്മാർ (kalaakaaranmaar) — Artists. People who create art such as painting, music, dance or acting.
- ചിത്രകല (chithrakala) — The art of painting pictures.
- ഭാരതി (bhaarathi) — Word, speech, language, goddess, Saraswathi, the art and science of dancing, literary composition.
- വാസ്തുവിദ്യ (vaasthuvidya) — Architecture, the art of building construction.
- സംഗീതം (sangeetham) — Music, song and melody, the art of arranging sounds.
കല (kala) is the general term and takes modifiers for subtypes, as in ആധുനികകല (aadhunikakala) for modern art and ആദിമകല (aadimakala) for primitive art; തന്ത്രം (thanthram) means craft or cunning, not fine art.
Common questions
How do you say art in Malayalam?
Art is കല (kala) in Malayalam.
How do I say modern art?
Modern art is ആധുനികകല (aadhunikakala).