History in Malayalam
ചരിത്രം (charithram) is history, both the record of past events and the subject studied at school. Say cha-ri-thram with a soft th; the adjective historical grows from the same root.
Most common translation
History, the record of past events, the study of the past.
കേരളത്തിന്റെ ചരിത്രം പഠിച്ചു.
keralathinte charithram padichu.
I studied the history of Kerala.
All Malayalam words for “history”
- ചരിത്രം (charithram) — History, the record of past events, the study of the past.
- ഇതിഹാസം (ithihasam) — Epic, legend, history.
- ഉല്പത്തി (ulpathi) — Source, birth, creation, history.
- വൃത്തം (vritham) — Circle, news, history, gait, profession, occupation, custom, duty, rule, mode of poetic composition, (poet.) metre.
- കാലഘട്ടം (kaalaghattam) — Era. A long distinct period of history; an age or epoch.
- ചരിത്രപരമായ (charithraparamaaya) — Historical; relating to history, belonging to the past, dealing with past events.
- ജീവചരിത്രം (jeevacharithram) — Life history, biography.
- പുരാണം (puranam) — Sacred or holy poetical work, legend, old history, mythology.
ചരിത്രപരമായ is that adjective, കാലഘട്ടം is a period or era within history, and ഇതിഹാസം and പുരാണം belong to epic and mythological tradition rather than documented history.
Common questions
How do you say history in Malayalam?
ചരിത്രം (charithram), history or the study of the past.
How do you say historical?
ചരിത്രപരമായ (charithraparamaaya), relating to history or dealing with past events.