Device in Malayalam
Any device or instrument is ഉപകരണം (upakarnam) in Malayalam, from a kitchen tool to a measuring instrument. Pronounce it u-pa-ka-ra-nam, with no syllable pushed hard. It is neutral and fits technical writing as comfortably as household talk.
Doing a service, tool, implement, instrument, thing used for, device.
ഈ ഉപകരണം ചൂട് അളക്കും.
ee upakaranam choodu alakkum.
This device measures heat.
All Malayalam words for “device”
- ഉപകരണം (upakarnam) — Doing a service, tool, implement, instrument, thing used for, device.
- ഉപായം (upaayam) — Means for achieving an end, scheme, trick, cunning, one of the four tactics, to win over the enemy, strategy, tactics, contrivance, device.
- തന്ത്രം (thanthram) — Cunning, craft, device, tactics, stratagem, trick, art, spiritual administration in temples, theory, system, dependence, rituals.
- അലങ്കാരം (alankaram) — Ornament, rhetorical device.
- ഉപയോക്താവ് (upayokthaavu) — User; a person who uses something such as an app, a service or a device.
- ഏത്തം (eatham) — Obeisance, praise, a kind of punishment for wrong-doing, a device to draw water.
- ഓപ്ഷൻ (opshan) — Option; a choice open to you, one of the alternatives available, a setting you can pick on a device.
- ക്യാമറ (kyaamara) — Camera; a device for taking photographs or recording video.
- ക്ലോക്ക് (klokku) — Clock, a device that shows the time, a wall clock.
- പ്രത്യേകത (prathyekatha) — Feature; a special quality or characteristic of something, a facility in a device or app, a part of the face.
- ബോംബ് (bombu) — Bomb, an explosive device that bursts and destroys.
- യന്ത്രം (yanthram) — Machine; a device with moving parts that does work, a piece of equipment run by power.
- രീതി (reethi) — Method; a way of doing something, a settled procedure or system; mode; a way or manner of doing something, a method; also a setting on a device.
- സ്വിച്ച് (swichu) — Switch, the small device that turns an electric light or fan on and off.
- ഹോൾഡർ (holdar) — Holder, a stand or device that holds something; also the person who holds a ticket, licence or post.
ഉപകരണം is a physical device, whereas ഉപായം (upaayam) and തന്ത്രം (thanthram) mean a device in the sense of a trick or stratagem; ക്യാമറ (kyaamara), ഓപ്ഷൻ (opshan) and പ്രത്യേകത (prathyekatha) are the borrowed vocabulary that surrounds modern devices.
Common questions
How do you say device in Malayalam?
ഉപകരണം (upakarnam) covers device, tool and instrument.
Does it also mean a clever device or ruse?
No, for that sense use ഉപായം (upaayam) or തന്ത്രം (thanthram).