Background in Malayalam
പിന്നണി (pinnani) is the Malayalam for background, built on the same pinn- root as behind. Film credits use it constantly, since background music and playback singing are both pinnani work. Pronounce it pin-na-ni with the double nn held.
Background.
പാട്ടിന്റെ പിന്നണി സംഗീതം മനോഹരമായിരുന്നു.
paattinte pinnani sangeetham manoharamaayirunnu.
The background music of the song was lovely.
All Malayalam words for “background”
- പിന്നണി (pinnani) — Background.
- ശ്രുതി (shruthi) — Hearing, news, rumour, sound, ear, scripture, (mus.) background tune, increasing the tone.
- സമൂഹങ്ങൾ (samoohangal) — Communities; groups of people living together or sharing the same background.
pinnani is the background of a picture, a stage or a piece of music; shruthi is the musical drone or background tune specifically, and samoohangal simply means communities, groups that may share a background.
Common questions
How do you say background in Malayalam?
Background is പിന്നണി (pinnani).
Is pinnani used for a person's background?
It is used mostly for physical or musical background. For someone's family or educational background Malayalam speakers normally describe the circumstances rather than using this single word.