Conversation in Malayalam

A conversation or dialogue is സംഭാഷണം (sambhaashanam) in Malayalam. It is the standard word for talk between people and also for the dialogue of a film or play. Pronounce it sam-bhaa-sha-nam, with a breathy bh and a long aa.

Most common translation

സംഭാഷണം (sambhaashanam)

Conversation, dialogue, agreement.

ഫോണിലെ സംഭാഷണം പെട്ടെന്നു നിന്നു.

phonile sambhaashanam pettennu ninnu.

The conversation on the phone stopped suddenly.

All Malayalam words for “conversation”

Of the options listed, sambhaashanam is the neutral word for a conversation; സംസാരം (samsaaram) is talk in a looser everyday sense, സല്ലാപം (sallaapam) is pleasant chatting, വാദം (vaadam) is argument or discourse, and പരിഭാഷണം (paribhaashanam) carries extra senses such as reproof and agreement.

Common questions

How do you say conversation in Malayalam?

Conversation is സംഭാഷണം (sambhaashanam).

Which word fits a relaxed chat between friends?

സല്ലാപം (sallaapam) suits pleasant idle talk, while sambhaashanam is the word for a conversation as such, including a formal one.