Figure in Malayalam
Figure, meaning shape or form, is രൂപം (roopam), with a long oo. It reaches a long way: a human figure, the form of a thing, an image, an appearance. It is common in speech and writing both.
Most common translation
Form, shape, figure, type, kind, beautiful figure or body, appearance, aspect, sign, symbol.
ദൂരെ ഒരു രൂപം കണ്ടു.
doore oru roopam kandu.
I saw a figure in the distance.
All Malayalam words for “figure”
- രൂപം (roopam) — Form, shape, figure, type, kind, beautiful figure or body, appearance, aspect, sign, symbol.
- ആകൃതി (aakrithi) — Shape, form, figure.
- രൂപകം (roopakam) — Drama, dance, a figure of speech (metaphor), characteristic, form, feature, shape, figure, symbol.
- അക്കം (akkam) — Numerical figure, number, digit.
- അതികായന് (athikayan) — Giant, gigantic figure, son of Ravana.
രൂപം is the general shape or figure and ആകൃതി (aakrithi) its close partner, more about outline. അക്കം (akkam) is a figure in the sense of a digit, രൂപകം (roopakam) a metaphor or a drama, and അതികായന് (athikayan) a giant of a figure.
Common questions
How do you say figure in Malayalam?
For a shape or form, രൂപം (roopam); for a number on a page, അക്കം (akkam).
Which word covers figures in accounts?
അക്കം (akkam), which means a numerical figure or digit.