Collection in Malayalam
A collection of poems, essays or objects is സമാഹാരം (samaahaaram). Long vowels in the middle give it a measured sound: sa-maa-haa-ram. It is the word printed on the cover of an anthology.
A collection, a summary, an abridgement.
കഥകളുടെ ഒരു സമാഹാരം ഇന്ന് വാങ്ങി.
kathakalude oru samaahaaram innu vaangi.
I bought a collection of stories today.
All Malayalam words for “collection”
- സമാഹാരം (samaahaaram) — A collection, a summary, an abridgement.
- സമുച്ചയം (samuchayam) — A collection, a group of objects.
- സഞ്ചയം (sanchayam) — Group, collection, heap, quantity.
- ശേഖരം (shegaram) — Crest jewel, crown, branch, best of the lot, tuft of hair, collection, heap, what is gathered or collected.
- സമൂഹം (samooham) — Community, a group, collection, crowd, multitude.
- കലാപം (kalaapam) — Bond, ornament, waistlet, a collection of separate things, poem composed from beginning to end in the same.
സമാഹാരം (samaahaaram) is a collection or anthology, often an edited one; സഞ്ചയം (sanchayam) and സമുച്ചയം (samuchayam) are collections as heaps or groups of objects; സമൂഹം (samooham) usually means community or crowd; ശേഖരം (shegaram) is a gathered store; and കലാപം (kalaapam) means a collection only in old usage, its common sense today being revolt.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for collection?
Collection is സമാഹാരം (samaahaaram).
Which word fits a book of collected poems?
സമാഹാരം (samaahaaram), the standard term for an anthology or compiled volume.