Awakening in Malayalam

Awakening is പ്രബോധനം (prabodhanam), a Sanskrit-derived noun joining the ideas of waking up and being taught. Say pra-bo-dha-nam. It is most often figurative, of a social or spiritual awakening rather than getting out of bed.

Most common translation

പ്രബോധനം (prabodhanam)

Awakening, exhortation, intelligence, (spiritual) knowledge.

ഗുരുവിന്റെ പ്രബോധനം എല്ലാവരും ശ്രദ്ധിച്ചു.

guruvinte prabodhanam ellaavarum shraddhichu

Everyone listened to the master's exhortation.

All Malayalam words for “awakening”

പ്രബോധനം (prabodhanam) is the common form and leans towards enlightenment or exhortation; പ്രതിബോധനം (prathibodhanam) is a rarer near-synonym, and പ്രതിബോധക (prathibodhaka) is the adjective for something that awakens.

Common questions

What is awakening in Malayalam?

പ്രബോധനം (prabodhanam), used of an awakening of awareness or conscience.

Can I use it for waking from sleep?

It would sound grand; these words carry the figurative sense, and plain waking up takes everyday verbs instead.