Composition in Malayalam
A composition, whether a school piece of writing or a work of music, is രചന (rachana). Three light syllables, ra-cha-na. The word also names the act of composing.
Composing, composition, construction, writing, literary work, decking hair stylishly.
അവളുടെ രചന ടീച്ചര്ക്ക് ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു
avalude rachana teecharkku ishtappettu
The teacher liked her composition.
All Malayalam words for “composition”
- രചന (rachana) — Composing, composition, construction, writing, literary work, decking hair stylishly.
- നിര്മ്മിതി (nirmmithi) — Construction, creation, composition, building.
- വിന്യാസം (vinyaasam) — Arrangement, placing, deployment, pawn, composition.
- സംവിധാനം (samvidhaanam) — Preparation, planning, composition, organising, direction.
- ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) — Book, literary composition.
- പദ്യം (padyam) — Poetry, verse or metrical composition, wickedness.
- പ്രബന്ധം (prabandham) — Binding, literary composition, essay, treatise, a paper, plan.
- ഭാരതി (bhaarathi) — Word, speech, language, goddess, Saraswathi, the art and science of dancing, literary composition.
- വൃത്തം (vritham) — Circle, news, history, gait, profession, occupation, custom, duty, rule, mode of poetic composition, (poet.) metre.
- ശൈലി (shaili) — Style in writing or literary composition, diction, idiom.
രചന (rachana) is composition in general; പ്രബന്ധം (prabandham) is an essay or treatise and ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) a full book; പദ്യം (padyam) is composition in verse and വൃത്തം (vritham) the metre it follows; നിര്മ്മിതി (nirmmithi) and വിന്യാസം (vinyaasam) concern construction and arrangement, and ഭാരതി (bhaarathi) is primarily speech and the goddess of learning.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for composition?
രചന (rachana).
Which word should I use for a school essay?
പ്രബന്ധം (prabandham) is the usual term for an essay set in school or college, with രചന (rachana) as the broader word.