Fictitious in Malayalam
Fictitious, meaning made up and existing only in imagination, is കാല്പ്പനിക (kaalppanika) in Malayalam. In literary criticism the same word carries the sense of romantic or imaginative. Say it kaalp-pa-ni-ka.
Most common translation
Imaginative, romantic, fictitious.
ആ കഥ വളരെ കാല്പ്പനിക ആയിരുന്നു.
aa katha valare kaalppanika aayirunnu
That story was very imaginative.
All Malayalam words for “fictitious”
- കാല്പ്പനിക (kaalppanika) — Imaginative, romantic, fictitious.
- കെട്ടുകഥ (kettukatha) — Myth, that which is imaginary/fictitious/impossible, fable.
കെട്ടുകഥ is a noun rather than an adjective: it means a made-up story, a myth or a fable, and is often used dismissively of something untrue.
Common questions
How do you say fictitious in Malayalam?
കാല്പ്പനിക (kaalppanika) is the adjective for fictitious or imaginary.
What do I call a made-up story?
കെട്ടുകഥ (kettukatha) is the word for a fabricated tale, myth or fable.