Article in Malayalam
Article in the sense of a thing or commodity is പദാര്ത്ഥം (padaartham), a substance or item. The word turns up in shop lists, in science writing and in talk about the meaning of words. A written article in a newspaper is named differently.
Substance, article, ingredient, meaning of a word.
ഈ കറിയിൽ ഒരു പദാര്ത്ഥം കുറവാണ്.
ee kariyil oru padaartham kuravaanu.
One ingredient is missing in this curry.
All Malayalam words for “article”
- പദാര്ത്ഥം (padaartham) — Substance, article, ingredient, meaning of a word.
- പത്രം (pathram) — Leaf, wing, feather, news paper, article, line, sheet, document, line made with sandalwood paste.
- ആ (aa) — The; Malayalam has no definite article, and the demonstrative aa, that, is used when the needs to be marked.
- പത്രലേഖനം (pathraleganam) — Newspaper article.
പദാര്ത്ഥം (padaartham) is an article as an object, പത്രലേഖനം (pathraleganam) a newspaper article, പത്രം (pathram) the newspaper itself, and ആ (aa) the demonstrative that stands in where English uses the definite article.
Common questions
How do you say article in Malayalam?
For an item or object say പദാര്ത്ഥം (padaartham); for a piece of writing say പത്രലേഖനം (pathraleganam).
Does Malayalam have articles like a and the?
No, and where the needs marking, the demonstrative ആ (aa) does the job.