Basic in Malayalam

Basic comes out as അടിസ്ഥാന (adisthaana), the same form used for base, placed directly in front of whatever it describes. Basic facilities, basic rights and basic training all begin with it in Malayalam. The word is written as one piece and read a-dis-thaa-na.

Most common translation

അടിസ്ഥാന (adisthaana)

Basic, fundamental, forming the base of something.

അടിസ്ഥാന സൗകര്യങ്ങൾ ഇവിടെ കുറവാണ്.

adisthaana saukaryangal ivide kuravaanu

Basic facilities are lacking here.

All Malayalam words for “basic”

adisthaana is the all-purpose basic; adisthanaghatakam is the basic factor, adisthanatathwam the basic principle, adisthanasoukaryangal basic facilities or infrastructure, and thathvam a principle on its own.

Common questions

How do you say basic in Malayalam?

Basic is അടിസ്ഥാന (adisthaana).

Why does adisthaana appear inside so many long words?

Malayalam compounds freely, so instead of two separate words it glues adisthaana to the next noun and produces a single long term such as the one for infrastructure.