Fortune in Malayalam
Good fortune in everyday Malayalam is ഭാഗ്യം (bhaagyam), the word used for luck of any kind. Someone who has it is ഭാഗ്യമുള്ള (bhaagyamulla), lucky. More elevated synonyms are kept for writing and for wedding blessings.
Most common translation
Luck, good fortune, chance that favours a person.
ഇന്ന് എനിക്ക് നല്ല ഭാഗ്യമായിരുന്നു.
innu enikku nalla bhaagyamaayirunnu.
I had good luck today.
All Malayalam words for “fortune”
- ഭാഗ്യം (bhaagyam) — Luck, good fortune, chance that favours a person.
- പകിട (pakida) — Fortune, luck, die used in gambling testicle.
- സൗഭഗം (soubhagam) — Fortune, beauty, prosperity.
- സൗഭാഗ്യം (soubhaagyam) — Fortune, luck, prosperity, auspiciousness, happiness, beauty.
- വിധി (vidhi) — Fate, destiny, fortune, nemesis, Karma, result of one's Karma (deed) in the previous birth, order, Brahma, law, rule, verdict, judgement.
- കുരുത്തം (kurutham) — Respect/ reverence for elders and preceptors; (fig) luck, good fortune.
- ഭാഗ്യമുള്ള (bhaagyamulla) — Lucky; having good fortune, favoured by luck.
- മഹാഭാഗ്യം (mahabhagyam) — Great luck or good fortune.
- യോഗബലം (yogabalam) — The power gained through the control of the senses and meditation, mystic power, good fortune.
Among those, സൗഭാഗ്യം (soubhaagyam) and സൗഭഗം (soubhagam) add prosperity and beauty to the idea, while വിധി (vidhi) is fate or destiny, which may fall either way.
Common questions
How do you say fortune in Malayalam?
ഭാഗ്യം (bhaagyam) is the ordinary word for fortune or luck.
Which word means fate rather than luck?
വിധി (vidhi), destiny or the result of one's deeds.