Balance in Malayalam
ബാക്കി (bakki) is the everyday Malayalam word for the balance left over, whether it is money in an account or change from a purchase. Two short syllables, baak-ki, and it is heard constantly in shops and offices. It equally means the rest or the remainder of anything.
Balance, remnant, surplus.
കടയില് നിന്ന് ബാക്കി വാങ്ങാന് മറന്നു.
kadayil ninnu bakki vaangaan marannu.
I forgot to take the change from the shop.
All Malayalam words for “balance”
- ബാക്കി (bakki) — Balance, remnant, surplus.
- ത്രാസ് (thraas) — Balance, instrument for weighing things, weighing balance.
- മിച്ചം (micham) — Balance, surplus, what is left after use, greater income (than expenditure).
- സമനില (samanila) — Balance, equilibrium.
- ശേഷിപ്പ് (sheshipp) — Remainder, balance, remnant.
- തുലനം (thulanam) — Comparison, weighing, equipoise, balance.
- അടവുശിഷ്ടം (adavushishtam) — The balance to be paid, balance of payment.
- അറ്റബാക്കി (attabakki) — Net balance, the amount remaining after meeting all expenses.
- ഉത്തോലകം (utholakam) — Lever, common balance.
- മുന്നിരിപ്പ് (munniripp) — Previous balance in hand, cash in hand.
ബാക്കി (bakki) and ശേഷിപ്പ് (sheshipp) are the ordinary words for a remainder, and മിച്ചം (micham) stresses a surplus. അടവുശിഷ്ടം (adavushishtam) is the technical balance of payment, മുന്നിരിപ്പ് (munniripp) is a previous balance in hand, തുലനം (thulanam) means weighing or equipoise, and ത്രാസ് (thraas) and ഉത്തോലകം (utholakam) are the physical weighing instruments.
Common questions
How do you say balance in Malayalam?
For an amount remaining, ബാക്കി (bakki). For the balance that weighs things, the instrument is ത്രാസ് (thraas).
Which word means balance as in equilibrium?
തുലനം (thulanam), which covers weighing, comparison and equipoise, and is the word used when you mean things being in balance rather than money left over.