Equality in Malayalam

Treat this page with care, because പ്രതിസാമ്യം (prathisaamyam) is listed for equality but its real force is resemblance, two things matching each other. It is a Sanskritic word and rare in conversation.

Most common translation

പ്രതിസാമ്യം (prathisaamyam)

Resemblance, equality.

ഇരട്ടക്കുട്ടികൾക്ക് നല്ല പ്രതിസാമ്യം ഉണ്ട്.

irattakkuttikalkku nalla prathisaamyam undu.

The twins have a close resemblance.

All Malayalam words for “equality”

ഉപമിതി (upamithi) is likewise about similarity and comparison, so neither entry gives you equality in the social or mathematical sense.

Common questions

How do you say equality in Malayalam?

Not reliably from this page. പ്രതിസാമ്യം (prathisaamyam) means resemblance or likeness, which overlaps with equality only loosely.

What are these words actually used for?

Formal writing about two things being alike, such as comparisons in logic, rhetoric or classical poetics.