Contest in Malayalam
Malayalam calls a contest a മത്സരം (malsaram), the noun used equally for competitions, matches and elections. The verb to contest is മത്സരിക്കുക (malsarikkuka), as in contesting a seat. Stress the first syllable, mal-sa-ram.
Most common translation
Competition, envy, spite, rivalry, quarrel, animosity, anger, arrogance, contest.
ഇന്ന് ക്രിക്കറ്റ് മത്സരം ഉണ്ട്.
innu krikkatt mathsaram undu.
There is a cricket match today.
All Malayalam words for “contest”
- മത്സരം (malsaram) — Competition, envy, spite, rivalry, quarrel, animosity, anger, arrogance, contest.
- മത്സരിക്കുക (malsarikkuka) — Compete, contest, vie with, oppose, envy.
- ചാമ്പ്യൻ (chaampyan) — Champion; the winner of a contest, the best in a game or competition.
- തോറ്റ (thotta) — Defeated, beaten, having lost a game, contest or fight.
- തോല്ക്കുക (tholkkuka) — Fail, be defeated, lose in a contest.
- തോൽക്കുക (tholkkuka) — Lose, be defeated, fail to win a game or contest.
- നയിക്കുക (nayikkuka) — Leads. Guides or heads a group; also goes in front or is ahead in a contest.
മത്സരം is the event, മത്സരിക്കുക the act of taking part, ചാമ്പ്യൻ (chaampyan) the winner, and തോല്ക്കുക (tholkkuka) to lose a contest.
Common questions
How do you say contest in Malayalam?
Contest is മത്സരം (malsaram) in Malayalam.
How do you say contest an election?
Use മത്സരിക്കുക (malsarikkuka), to compete or contest.