Arts in Malayalam
Music, dance, painting and the rest come together as കലകൾ (kalakal), the plural of kala. Schools and colleges also use it for the arts as a stream of study.
Most common translation
Arts, the fine arts such as music, dance and painting; also the arts as a field of study.
അവൾ കലകളിൽ മിടുക്കിയാണ്.
aval kalakalil midukkiyaanu.
She is good at the arts.
All Malayalam words for “arts”
- കലകൾ (kalakal) — Arts, the fine arts such as music, dance and painting; also the arts as a field of study.
- അങ്കക്കളരി (ankakkalari) — Gurukula type of school for teaching martial arts.
- നൃത്തം (nritham) — One of the stage (visual) arts, dance.
- വിജ്ഞാനം (vijnaanam) — Knowledge, erudition, learning, materialistic knowledge, knowledge of arts and sciences.
- വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം (vidyaabhyaasam) — Education, acquisition of knowledge, practice of arts and science.
കലകൾ covers the arts in general; നൃത്തം is dance in particular, അങ്കക്കളരി is a traditional school of martial arts, and വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം is education.
Common questions
How do you say arts in Malayalam?
കലകൾ (kalakal).
Is the same word used for martial arts?
No, those carry their own names; the old training ground for them is an അങ്കക്കളരി (ankakkalari).