Circle in Malayalam
The geometric circle is വൃത്തം (vritham), where vri is one cluster pronounced in a single push. Maths textbooks use it, and the same word covers poetic metre and a person's conduct, so context matters.
Circle, news, history, gait, profession, occupation, custom, duty, rule, mode of poetic composition, (poet.) metre.
കുട്ടികൾ മണലിൽ ഒരു വൃത്തം വരച്ചു.
kuttikal manalil oru vritham varachu.
The children drew a circle in the sand.
All Malayalam words for “circle”
- വൃത്തം (vritham) — Circle, news, history, gait, profession, occupation, custom, duty, rule, mode of poetic composition, (poet.) metre.
- മണ്ഡലം (mandalam) — Circle, sphere circumference, halo, disc of the sun, circular motion, society, a period of forty-one days.
- ചക്രം (chakram) — Wheel of vehicle or cart, water-wheel, Vishnu's powerful weapon, circle, society, country, earth, field, an old copper coin, wealth.
- ചുഴി (chuzhi) — Whirlpool, round hairy spot, pivot, circle.
- അന്തര്വലയം (antharvalayam) — Inner ring, inner circle.
- അര്ദ്ധ വൃത്തം (ardha vrutham) — Half a circle, semi circle.
- പരിവേഷം (parivesham) — Halo, moving around a circle, a circle of light.
വൃത്തം (vritham) is the circle you draw; മണ്ഡലം (mandalam) is a circle as a sphere, region or halo, and also a forty-one-day period; ചുഴി (chuzhi) is a whirl or round spot; പരിവേഷം (parivesham) a circle of light; അന്തര്വലയം (antharvalayam) an inner circle; അര്ദ്ധ വൃത്തം (ardha vrutham) a semicircle; and ചക്രം (chakram) primarily a wheel.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for circle?
Circle is വൃത്തം (vritham).
How do I say semicircle?
അര്ദ്ധ വൃത്തം (ardha vrutham), literally half circle, using the same word with the prefix for half.