Dancing in Malayalam
Dancing is നാട്യം (naatyam) in Malayalam, the word for dance performed with music and gesture. It carries the flavour of the classical stage arts of Kerala. Dancing bound up with acting is also called നടനം (nadanam).
Most common translation
Dance, dancing accompanied by playing on instruments, acting, pretension.
അവൾ ചെറുപ്പം മുതൽ നാട്യം പഠിക്കുന്നു.
aval cheruppam muthal naatyam padikkunnu.
She has been learning dance since childhood.
All Malayalam words for “dancing”
- നാട്യം (naatyam) — Dance, dancing accompanied by playing on instruments, acting, pretension.
- നര്ത്ത (nartha) — Dancing.
- ആടല് (adal) — Shaking, dancing, swinging, bath.
- നടനം (nadanam) — Acting, dancing.
- ലാസം (laasam) — Sport, jumping, dancing, joviality, playing about, juice, emulsion, ointment.
- നാടകം (naadakam) — Play, opera, a literary work that gives scope for music, acting and dancing.
- ഭാരതി (bhaarathi) — Word, speech, language, goddess, Saraswathi, the art and science of dancing, literary composition.
നാട്യം and നടനം cover dance and stage performance, നര്ത്ത (nartha) is the Sanskrit stem for dancing, and ആടല് (adal) is the native word for swaying, dancing movement.
Common questions
How do you say dancing in Malayalam?
Dancing is നാട്യം (naatyam) in Malayalam.
What is a play or drama called?
നാടകം (naadakam), a stage play.