Great in Malayalam
Great in the sense of big or important is വലിയ (valiya). It stands before a noun, as in a great man or a great house, and shades into large, high and noble. When loftier praise is meant, മഹത്തായ (mahathaaya) takes over.
Most common translation
Great, big, large, high, lofty, noble, prosperous.
അവർക്ക് ഒരു വലിയ വീടുണ്ട്.
avarkku oru valiya veedundu.
They have a big house.
All Malayalam words for “great”
- വലിയ (valiya) — Great, big, large, high, lofty, noble, prosperous.
- മഹത്തായ (mahathaaya) — Grand, great.
- മഹല് (mahal) — Noble, great, large, plentiful.
- വമ്പിച്ച (vambicha) — Big, great, elephantine.
- ഉയര്ന്ന (uayarnna) — High, lofty, great, occupying high position.
- വിശിഷ്ട (vishishta) — Excellent, distinguished, superior, dignified, great.
- അതിചാതുര്യം (athichathuryam) — Great cleverness, dexterity, great skill, great ability.
- അതിപ്രയോഗം (athiprayogam) — Great effort, excessive effort, over-action, excesses.
- അതിബലം (athibalam) — Super strength, great power.
- അതിവേഗം (athivegam) — With great speed, speedily,.
- അതിസാര (athisara) — Great strength or nobility.
- അത്യാഹിതം (athyaahitham) — Great calamity, disaster, accident, daring deed.
- അദ്ധ്യാത്മരാമായണം (adhyathmaramayanam) — One of the great Hindu epics in which Sri Rama is depicted as an incarnation of Vishnu.
- അദ്ധ്വാനം (adhwanam) — Perseverance, great exertion, soundlessness.
- അനര്ഘ (anargha) — Invaluable, of great value, priceless.
- അഭിവൃദ്ധി (abhivruddhi) — Great increase, prosperity.
- ആഴമുള്ള (aazhamulla) — Deep, going far down from the surface, having great depth.
- എരിപൊരി (eripori) — Spark, great heat, burning, (fig).great pain and sorrow, fretting and fuming.
- ഒരുവിധം (oruvidham) — Somehow, with great difficulty.
- കല്ലോലം (kallolam) — Wave, billow, great joy.
- തീവ്രമായ (theevramaaya) — Intense, very strong, severe in degree; extreme, very great or intense, far beyond the ordinary.
- ദൂരെ (doore) — Far, at a great distance, a long way off.
- നിര്വൃതി (nirvrithi) — Great joy, rapture, bliss, gratification, salvation, death.
- നീളമുള്ള (neelamulla) — Long; having great length from end to end.
- പൊന്നാരം (ponnaram) — Gold necklace, flattery, beauty, great affection, coquetry.
- പ്രവേഗം (pravegam) — Great speed, velocity.
- പ്രഹര്ഷം (praharsham) — Great joy, thrill, animation, horripilation.
- പ്രിയം (priyam) — Liking, that which is dear or beloved, high price, great demand, scarcity.
- ഭാരിച്ച (bhaaricha) — Very great, heavy, serious.
- മനോവേഗം (manovegam) — Speed of the mind, great speed, power of grasping things quickly, swiftness of perception, acumen perspicacity.
- മഹത്വം (mahathwam) — Glory, great honour and praise, splendour.
- മഹനീയ (mahaneeya) — A noble, great or respectable woman.
- മഹര്ഷി (maharshi) — Great sage, Buddha, Siva.
- മഹാത്മാവ് (mahaathmaav) — A great soul, a great man.
- മഹാത്യാഗി (mahaathyaagi) — Great sacrificer, Siva.
- മഹാന് (mahaan) — Great man.
- മഹാപാതകം (mahaapaathakam) — A great sin, inhuman act.
- മഹാപാപം (mahaapaapam) — Felon, great sin.
- മഹാഭാഗ്യം (mahabhagyam) — Great luck or good fortune.
- മഹാമനസ്സ് (mahamanas) — A great or generous person, generous mind, magnanimity.
- മാമാങ്കം (maamaankam) — A very great festival, a great festival held once in twelve years on the sand bed at Thirunavai in the month of 'Magha'(January-February).
- മാരണം (maaranam) — Slaughter, destruction, great harm or trouble, a kind of poison, sorcery performed against enemies.
- മാഹാത്മ്യം (maahaathmyam) — Greatness, nobility, state of having a great or noble soul.
- ലീലാവിലാസം (leelavilasam) — Great amusement.
- വലുത് (valuth) — That which is big or great or strong.
- വാത്സല്യം (vaalsalyam) — Fondness, endearment, great affection or attachment.
- ശുഷ്കാന്തി (shushkaanthi) — Great zeal or ardour or interest, enthusiastic attention.
valiya is the plain everyday adjective, mahathaaya and vishishta are words of formal praise, and vambicha points to sheer bulk.
Common questions
How do you say great in Malayalam?
വലിയ (valiya) is the common word for great, big or important.
Which word suits a great achievement?
മഹത്തായ (mahathaaya), which praises something as grand or noble.