Fame in Malayalam
Being widely known and praised is പ്രശസ്തി (prashasthi), a word that also names a citation read out at an award ceremony. It carries a note of honour rather than mere visibility. Plain publicity and being well known is പ്രസിദ്ധി (prasidhi).
Most common translation
Fame, renown, poem in the form of praise, nobility.
ആ ഗായകന് ലോകമെങ്ങും പ്രശസ്തി ഉണ്ട്.
aa gaayakanu lokamengum prashasthi undu.
That singer has fame all over the world.
All Malayalam words for “fame”
- പ്രശസ്തി (prashasthi) — Fame, renown, poem in the form of praise, nobility.
- പ്രസിദ്ധി (prasidhi) — Fame, publicity.
- യശസ്സ് (yashass) — Fame, renown, greatness, glory, wealth.
- വിഖ്യാതി (vikhyaathi) — Fame, renown.
- അപദാനം (apadanam) — Glorious deed, fame.
- കേളി (keli) — Hearing, fame, play, pastime.
- പ്രഖ്യാതി (prakhyaathi) — Renown, fame.
- ആഖ്യ (aakhya) — Name, (gram.) subject, fame, glory.
- ഒച്ച (ocha) — Sound, noise, rumour, fame, din, clamour, voice.
- പ്രതീതി (pratheethi) — Appearance, impression, sense, insight, trust, happiness, respect, fame.
- ശ്രവണം (shravanam) — Hearing, ear, fame, listening and learning, listening to scriptural texts.
- ശ്രേയസ്സ് (shreyass) — Prosperity, betterment, fame, virtue, auspicious result.
- അവിഖ്യാതി (avikhyathi) — Absence of fame, notoriety.
- ആഖ്യാത (akhyatha) — Not famous, having bad fame, infamous; that is said or told.
- പോറല് (poral) — Scratch made by a sharp point; (idm.) flaw, fault, blemish, bad name fame, ill repute.
prashasthi is fame with praise attached, prasidhi is being widely known or publicised, and യശസ്സ് (yashass) is glory in the literary register.
Common questions
How do you say fame in Malayalam?
Fame is പ്രശസ്തി (prashasthi).
Which word means simply well known?
പ്രസിദ്ധി (prasidhi), fame in the sense of publicity.