Instinct in Malayalam
ജന്മവാസന (janmavaasana) is instinct understood as an inborn tendency, from the words for birth and inclination. It runs jan-ma-vaa-sa-na. Writers use it for talents a person seems born with.
Most common translation
Inborn taste, instinct, natural taste or interest.
അവന് സംഗീതം ജന്മവാസനയാണ്.
avanu samgeetham janmavaasanayaanu.
Music is an inborn talent for him.
All Malayalam words for “instinct”
- ജന്മവാസന (janmavaasana) — Inborn taste, instinct, natural taste or interest.
- അക്രമാസക്തി (akaramasakthi) — Aggressive instinct.
- കലാവാസന (kalaavaasana) — Artistic instinct.
ജന്മവാസന (janmavaasana) is the general inborn instinct, കലാവാസന (kalaavaasana) narrows it to artistic instinct, and അക്രമാസക്തി (akaramasakthi) names the aggressive instinct and belongs to psychological writing.
Common questions
What is instinct in Malayalam?
ജന്മവാസന (janmavaasana).
How do I say artistic instinct?
കലാവാസന (kalaavaasana), which pairs the word for art with the same element meaning inborn inclination.