Deviation in Malayalam
Deviation translates as വ്യതിചലനം (vyathichalanam). It is a formal Sanskrit-based noun used for straying from a path, a rule or a standard, and you will meet it in reports, legal language and science writing. Break it into four beats while reading it aloud and it stops looking intimidating.
Deviation, swerve, going astray.
പദ്ധതിയിൽ ചെറിയ വ്യതിചലനം ഉണ്ടായി.
paddhathiyil cheriya vyathichalanam undaayi.
There was a slight deviation in the plan.
All Malayalam words for “deviation”
- വ്യതിചലനം (vyathichalanam) — Deviation, swerve, going astray.
- ഭ്രംശം (bhramsham) — Deviation, fall from a high position, downfall, decline, blunder.
- തിരിവ് (thiriv) — Turning, deviation, change, rejected thing, a thing rendered bad.
- ഭ്രമണം (bhramanam) — Whirling, revolving, revolution, journey, deviation, error, blunder.
വ്യതിചലനം is the general and safest word. തിരിവ് is the concrete everyday turning of a road, ഭ്രംശം suggests a fall from position or decline, and ഭ്രമണം is mainly revolving or whirling, with deviation as a secondary sense.
Common questions
What is deviation in Malayalam?
The standard term is വ്യതിചലനം (vyathichalanam), used for departing from a norm, a rule or a course.
Which word fits a deviation in a road?
തിരിവ് (thiriv), since it means a turning or bend and is what a speaker would actually say about a road.