Holding in Malayalam
Holding as a noun of keeping or deposit is ആധാനം (aadhaanam) in Malayalam, which takes in the act of holding, the deposit itself and the place where it is kept. Formal and legal writing favours it over everyday speech.
Holding, deposit, place of deposit, bearing, producing.
വിലപ്പെട്ട രേഖകൾ ആധാനമായി ബാങ്കിൽ വെച്ചു.
vilappetta rekhakal aadhaanamaayi bankil vechu.
The valuable documents were kept as a deposit in the bank.
All Malayalam words for “holding”
- ആധാനം (aadhaanam) — Holding, deposit, place of deposit, bearing, producing.
- അഞ്ജലി (anjali) — Holding the palms of the hands together (in salutation), a vessel(pot) for holding water.
- ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ (udyogasthan) — Officer, official; a person holding a post in government or an organisation.
- ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥർ (udyogasthar) — Officers; officials holding a post in government, police or a company; officials; people holding posts in a government or an organization, officers.
- കന്നാസ് (kannaas) — A kind of plastic vessel used for holding oil, arrack etc.
- കൈ (kai) — Hand, the part of the body at the end of the arm, used for holding and working; arm, the limb from the shoulder to the hand, in everyday Malayalam the same word covers arm and hand.
- തല (thala) — Head, the top part of the body holding the face and brain, also the top or leading part of something.
- തലകൾ (thalakal) — Heads. More than one head; the upper part of the body holding the face and brain.
- നിറഞ്ഞ (niranja) — Full, filled to the top; crowded, holding no more space.
- പുലിവാല് (pulival) — Tiger's tail; (idm.) a difficulty which one can neither avoid nor face (like holding a tiger by its tail around a tree).
- പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നു (pravartthikkunnu) — Works, functions, runs properly; of a person holding a job Malayalam says joli cheyyunnu.
- പ്രൊഫൈൽ (profail) — Profile; the page holding a person's details on an app or website, a short account of someone, a side view of the face.
- മുൻ (mun) — Former, previous, ex-, holding a position earlier but not now; pre-, before, earlier than; Malayalam uses mun as a prefix, as in munkootti, beforehand.
- യാഥാസ്ഥിതിക (yaathaasthithika) — Conservative, holding to old customs and resisting change; in politics, one against reform.
- സൂക്ഷിക്കുക (sookshikkuka) — Keeping, holding or storing something safely; also looking after and preserving; keeps. Holds or stores something; looks after it and does not give it away.
The remaining entries are only loosely related: അഞ്ജലി (anjali) is the palms held together in salutation, while ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ (udyogasthan) names a person holding an official post.
Common questions
How do you say holding in Malayalam?
Use ആധാനം (aadhaanam) for a holding in the sense of keeping or deposit.
Which word suits someone holding a post?
That is ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ (udyogasthan), an officer or official, with the plural udyogasthar.