Custom in Malayalam
A custom or traditional practice is ആചാരം (aacharam), beginning with a long aa. It covers temple and wedding ritual as much as the ordinary done thing in a family. For a usage particular to one locality, നാട്ടുനടപ്പ് (nattunadappu) is the exact word.
Custom, traditional practice, customary rites, ritual.
ഈ ആചാരം ഞങ്ങളുടെ നാട്ടില് പഴയതാണ്
ee aacharam njangalude naattil pazhayathaanu
This custom is old in our village.
All Malayalam words for “custom”
- ആചാരം (aacharam) — Custom, traditional practice, customary rites, ritual.
- ആചരിതം (aacharitham) — That which is observed or practised, custom.
- ക്രമം (kramam) — Order, law, rule, method, custom, justice, procedure, tradition, regularity.
- നടപടി (nadapadi) — Procedure, behaviour, custom.
- നിയമം (niyamam) — Rule, conditions, law, system, decision, religious observance, custom, agreement.
- മുറ (mura) — Order, rule, custom, vogue, turn of shift, cry, a period of eight days.
- വഴക്കം (vazhakkam) — Humility, obedience, usage, custom, habit, practice, precedent.
- വൃത്തം (vritham) — Circle, news, history, gait, profession, occupation, custom, duty, rule, mode of poetic composition, (poet.) metre.
- സമാചാരം (samaachaaram) — Good practice or performance, practice, news, custom.
- അനാചാരം (anacharam) — Bad custom or habit, improper behaviour or practice.
- നാട്ടുനടപ്പ് (nattunadappu) — Traditional custom, tradition.
- പരായണം (paraayanam) — Main motive, devotion, hereditary custom or traditional order.
- മര്യാദകേട് (maryaadaked) — Bad manners, indecent behaviour, impropriety, injustice, sth. against custom, rudeness.
- മാമൂല് (mamool) — Established custom, convention, tradition, custom-turned law.
- ലൗകികം (loukikam) — Worldly way, worldly custom or manners.
- ശീലം (sheelam) — Habit, a regular practice of a person, something done out of custom.
ആചാരം (aacharam) and ആചരിതം (aacharitham) are custom as observed practice, നാട്ടുനടപ്പ് (nattunadappu) a local tradition, നടപടി (nadapadi) and ക്രമം (kramam) and നിയമം (niyamam) are procedure and rule, and ശീലം (sheelam) is one person's habit.
Common questions
How do you say custom in Malayalam?
Custom is ആചാരം (aacharam).
How is a custom different from a habit?
A shared, inherited practice is ആചാരം (aacharam), while an individual habit is ശീലം (sheelam).