Divisible in Malayalam
The single entry for divisible is ഭാഗ്യ (bhaagya), from a root meaning to divide or apportion. In living Malayalam, though, the word is overwhelmingly used in its other sense of fortunate or lucky, said bhaa-gya.
Divisible, fortunate, lucky.
അമ്മ ഒരു ഭാഗ്യക്കുറി എടുത്തു.
amma oru bhaagyakkuri eduthu.
Mother bought a lottery ticket.
Dictionary entry
- ഭാഗ്യ (bhaagya) — Divisible, fortunate, lucky.
Treat the divisible sense of ഭാഗ്യ (bhaagya) as an old grammatical meaning, literally what can be apportioned; for arithmetic, modern Malayalam builds the term from the verb for dividing instead.
Common questions
How do you say divisible in Malayalam?
The word listed is ഭാഗ്യ (bhaagya), whose root sense is what can be divided; be aware that in everyday use it means lucky.
So how would a maths book put it?
It forms the term from the verb meaning to divide, rather than using ഭാഗ്യ, which would be read as fortunate.