Character in Malayalam
കഥാപാത്രം (kadhapathram) is a character in a story, film or play. When character means a person's nature, സ്വഭാവം (swabhaavam) is the word instead. Malayalam keeps the two senses firmly apart.
Most common translation
Character.
ഈ കഥയിലെ പ്രധാന കഥാപാത്രം ഒരു കുട്ടിയാണ്.
ee kathayile pradhaana kadhapathram oru kuttiyaanu.
The main character in this story is a child.
All Malayalam words for “character”
- കഥാപാത്രം (kadhapathram) — Character.
- സ്വഭാവം (swabhaavam) — Character, (one's)nature, natural way of behaviour, tendency, disposition.
- ലിപി (lipi) — Script, character, handwriting smearing.
- പ്രകൃതം (prakritham) — Nature, chief topic, habit, character, real nature, context, conduct.
- സര്ഗ്ഗം (sarggam) — Abandoning, redemption, character, conduct, nature, certainty, creation, chapter, canto.
- കത്തി (kathi) — Knife, razor, a demoniac character in Kathakali, (idm) a chatterbox who'kills' others by his incessant talking.
- കഥാനായകന് (kathaanaayakan) — 'hero' of the story, main male character.
- ഗാംഭീര്യം (gaambheeryam) — Majesty, depth, greatness, firm or strong character.
- ദുശ്ശീലം (dusheelam) — Bad habit or character, bad manners.
- നായകന് (naayakan) — Leader, husband, hero (main character in a play).
- നായകൻ (naayakan) — Hero; the main male character of a film or story, also a brave person who is admired.
- പുറപ്പാട് (purappadu) — Beginning of a journey, setting out, preparation, appearance of a character in Kathakali before the story begins.
- പ്രകാശം (prakasham) — Light, clearness, lustre, commentary, development, expansion, chapter, mirror, knowledge, what a character in a play says loudly for everyone to hear (not as an 'aside').
- പ്രകൃതി (prakrithi) — Nature, reality, shape, form, source, original character, divine power, woman, mother, root of a word (gram.).
- വിഭാവക (vibhaavaka) — Manifesting or indicating character or nature.
- സത്യസന്ധത (sathyasandhatha) — Integrity, honesty and uprightness of character.
കഥാപാത്രം (kadhapathram) is a fictional person and കഥാനായകന് (kathaanaayakan) the hero; സ്വഭാവം (swabhaavam) and പ്രകൃതം (prakritham) are personal nature, ലിപി (lipi) a written character, and കത്തി (kathi) a stock character of Kathakali besides meaning knife.
Common questions
How do you say character in Malayalam?
കഥാപാത്രം (kadhapathram) for a character in a story; സ്വഭാവം (swabhaavam) for a person's nature.
Which word means a letter of the alphabet?
ലിപി (lipi), meaning script or written character.