Beginning in Malayalam

ആരംഭം (aarambham) is the standard Malayalam for a beginning or commencement, and it appears in school notices, project reports and formal speech alike. The first syllable is long and the m closes the word softly, aa-ram-bham. The related adjective aarambhaka means initial.

Most common translation

ആരംഭം (aarambham)

Beginning, commencement.

പരീക്ഷയുടെ ആരംഭം രാവിലെ ഒൻപതിനാണ്.

pareekshayude aarambham raavile onpathinaanu.

The start of the exam is at nine in the morning.

All Malayalam words for “beginning”

aarambham is the plain noun beginning, aarambhaka is initial, aarambhakaalam is the early period of something, upakramam and upakramanam are bookish words for a commencement or preface, and aadyam is simply at first.

Common questions

How do you say beginning in Malayalam?

Beginning is ആരംഭം (aarambham).

How do I say from beginning to end?

Malayalam has a ready compound for that, aadyavasaanam, which joins first and last into a single word.