Existence in Malayalam
Existence as an abstract idea is അസ്തിത്വം (asthithwam) in Malayalam, the word philosophy and serious essays rely on. It also appears in arguments about identity and the right to exist. The sth cluster needs care, and the final thwam is one syllable.
Most common translation
Existence, substance.
മനുഷ്യന്റെ അസ്തിത്വം വലിയ ചോദ്യമാണ്.
manushyante asthithwam valiya chodyamaanu.
Human existence is a big question.
All Malayalam words for “existence”
- അസ്തിത്വം (asthithwam) — Existence, substance.
- നിലനില്പ്പ് (nilanilpp) — Existence, survival, stability.
- ഉണ്മ (unma) — State of being, existence, truthfulness, fact.
- ജീവന് (jeevan) — Life-soul, individual soul, existence, life-breath, Vishnu, Jupiter.
- ജീവിതം (jeevitham) — Span of life, livelihood, existence.
- തത്വശാസ്ത്രം (thathvashaasthram) — Philosophy, the study of thought and existence, a person's outlook on life.
- ഭൗതികവാദി (bhoudikavaadi) — Materialist, one who does not believe in the existence of 'soul' or 'spirit'.
- സൃഷ്ടിക്കുക (srushtikkuka) — Creating; making something new, bringing a thing into existence, producing.
അസ്തിത്വം is existence in the abstract. നിലനില്പ്പ് is existence as survival and stability, which is what a struggling business or community has, ജീവിതം is life as lived, and ഉണ്മ is being or truthfulness.
Common questions
How do you say existence in Malayalam?
അസ്തിത്വം (asthithwam).
Which word fits a struggle for existence?
നിലനില്പ്പ്, since it means survival as well as existence and carries exactly that sense of hanging on.