Influence in Malayalam
സ്വാധീനം (swaadheenam) is influence or sway, the pull a person has with officials and the control they have over a situation. It is equally at home in speech and in newspaper prose.
Independence, control, influence.
കൂട്ടുകാരുടെ സ്വാധീനം കുട്ടികളിൽ വലുതാണ്.
koottukaarude swaadheenam kuttikalil valuthaanu
Friends have a big influence on children.
All Malayalam words for “influence”
- സ്വാധീനം (swaadheenam) — Independence, control, influence.
- വശം (vasham) — Ability, skill, policy, tactics, knack, influence.
- ദൈവദോഷം (daivadosham) — Misfortune caused by divine influence, misfortune, adversity, calamity, wrath of God.
- പാട്ടില് (pattil) — Under one's control or influence, on one's side.
- മാസ്മരവിദ്യ (maasmaravidya) — Mesmerism, hypnotic power, application of mental power to influence or make others sleep etc. (known after Franz Mesmer, a German physician.
വശം (vasham) is influence as knack or hold over something, പാട്ടില് (pattil) means under someone's control or influence, മാസ്മരവിദ്യ (maasmaravidya) is specifically mesmerism, and ദൈവദോഷം (daivadosham) is misfortune blamed on divine displeasure.
Common questions
What is influence in Malayalam?
സ്വാധീനം (swaadheenam), the usual word for influence or sway over people and events.
How do I say someone has influence with the minister?
Say that they have swaadheenam with him; the word implies informal pull rather than official power.