Complicated in Malayalam

Complicated or complex is സങ്കീർണമായ (sankeernamaaya) in Malayalam, describing anything made of many parts tangled together, from a legal case to a piece of machinery. It is a formal adjective and sits comfortably in news writing. Break it up as san-keer-na-maa-ya.

Most common translation

സങ്കീർണമായ (sankeernamaaya)

Complex, complicated, involved; made of many parts that are tangled together.

ഇത് വളരെ സങ്കീർണമായ പ്രശ്നമാണ്.

ithu valare sankeernamaaya prashnamaanu.

This is a very complex problem.

All Malayalam words for “complicated”

Comparing the two, sankeernamaaya is the neutral word for complex or complicated, while ദുര്‍ഘടം (durghadam) adds danger and difficulty, naming a situation that is hard and perilous rather than merely intricate.

Common questions

How do you say complicated in Malayalam?

Complicated is സങ്കീർണമായ (sankeernamaaya).

Is there a difference between complex and complicated here?

Malayalam does not split the two: sankeernamaaya covers both, and whether something is merely intricate or genuinely troublesome comes from the surrounding words.