Knowledge in Malayalam
In Malayalam, knowledge is അറിവ് (arivu), a plain word at home in conversation and in textbooks alike. It stretches over information, learning and understanding, so what an elder passes on is also arivu. The final letter is a short, almost swallowed u.
Knowledge, information, learning, intimation, understanding.
വായന അറിവ് വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കും.
vaayana arivu vardhippikkum.
Reading increases knowledge.
All Malayalam words for “knowledge”
- അറിവ് (arivu) — Knowledge, information, learning, intimation, understanding.
- പഠിത്തം (paditham) — Knowledge, education, learning.
- പ്രജ്ഞാനം (prajnaanam) — Knowledge, wisdom, symbol, the Supreme Being.
- ബോധം (bodham) — Knowledge, consciousness, realisation, idea.
- വിജ്ഞാനം (vijnaanam) — Knowledge, erudition, learning, materialistic knowledge, knowledge of arts and sciences.
- ഉപഗതി (upagathi) — Approach, knowledge, attainment, achievement.
- വിദ്യ (vidya) — Learning, knowledge, scholarship, spiritual knowledge, the Vedas, magic, goddess Durga (H.M.).
- വിബോധം (vibodham) — Enlightenment, knowledge, intelligence, invention, inattention.
- വെട്ടം (vettam) — Light, knowledge, clarity, sense, consciousness.
- അഘോരം (aghoram) — Fierce of siva, a mantra relating to siva, heat, knowledge.
- ചേതന (chethana) — Life, consciousness, knowledge, thought.
- ചേതനം (chethanam) — Creature, living being, soul, knowledge, mind.
- ജ്യോതിസ്സ് (jyothiss) — Light, brilliance, star, sun, moon, ray of light, sky, intellect, knowledge, astrology.
- ദൃഷ്ടി (drushti) — Eye, sight, look, intelligence, knowledge, mental view, attention.
- പരിചയം (parichayam) — Acquaintance, experience, practice, dexterity, knowledge, familiarity.
- പ്രകാശം (prakasham) — Light, clearness, lustre, commentary, development, expansion, chapter, mirror, knowledge, what a character in a play says loudly for everyone to hear (not as an 'aside').
- പ്രതിബോധനം (prathibodhanam) — Awakening, instruction, knowledge.
- പ്രബോധനം (prabodhanam) — Awakening, exhortation, intelligence, (spiritual) knowledge.
- ലാഭം (laabham) — Profit, gain, achievement, advantage, knowledge.
- വെളിച്ചം (velicham) — Light, wisdom, knowledge.
- സംഖ്യ (samkhya) — Number, counting, sum, knowledge, logic, comprehension, arriving at meanings by means of authoritative dicta.
- അദ്ധ്യാത്മജ്ഞാനം (adhyathmajnjanam) — Spiritual knowledge, divine knowledge, knowledge or realization of the soul.
- അദ്ധ്യാത്മവിദ്യ (adhyathmavidhya) — Knowledge of the Soul, knowledge of brahma.
- അനുഭവജ്ഞാനം (anubhavajnjanam) — Knowledge gained from experience, lesson of experience.
- അപാരപണ്ഡിതന് (apara pandithan) — Scholar of boundless knowledge.
- അറിയുക (ariyuka) — Know, to have knowledge of something; to be aware of a fact or person.
- അറിയുന്ന (ariyunna) — Knowing; being aware of something, having knowledge of it; ariyuka is to know.
- അവഗാഹം (avagaham) — Deep knowledge, bath.
- ആത്മജ്ഞാനം (athamanjanam) — Self-knowledge, spiritual knowledge, divine knowledge.
- ഉദ്ബോധനം (udbodhanam) — Exhortation, reminding, imparting knowledge.
- കണ്ണു തുറപ്പിക്കുക (kannu thurappikkuka) — Teach, impart knowledge.
- ജിജ്ഞാസ (jijnaasa) — Curiosity, the desire to know, thirst for knowledge.
- ജ്ഞാനദൃഷ്ടി (jnaanadrushti) — Inner eye, fore-knowledge, divine knowledge.
- ജ്ഞാനി (jnaani) — Wiseman, one well versed in spiritual knowledge, astrologer.
- ധാരണ (dhaarana) — Understanding; a grasp of how something works, knowledge of a matter, an informal agreement between people.
- പഠിക്കുക (padikkuka) — Learn, to gain knowledge or skill; to study something new.
- പരിജ്ഞാനം (parijnaanam) — Thorough knowledge.
- പരീക്ഷകൾ (pareekshakal) — Tests. Examinations that measure knowledge or ability; medical tests are usually parishodhanakal.
- പ്രത്യക്ഷം (prathyaksham) — Direct visibility, that which pertains to the senses, knowledge gained through the sense organs, that which is before the eyes.
- വിദഗ്ദ്ധ (vidagddha) — Skilled, clever, proficient, having expert knowledge, deceitful, cunning, indigestible, not well-cooked; skilled woman, adept.
- വിദഗ്ധൻ (vidagdhan) — Expert, a person with special skill or deep knowledge in a field.
- വിദ്യാഭ്യാസം (vidyaabhyaasam) — Education, acquisition of knowledge, practice of arts and science.
- സാങ്കേതികവിദ്യ (saankethikavidya) — Technology, applied technical knowledge, machines and methods based on science; tech; technology, technical knowledge and the machines built with it, the short form of technology.
- സാഹിത്യം (saahithyam) — Literature, literary culture or knowledge.
- സ്വബോധം (swabodham) — Consciousness, one's own knowledge, self-knowledge.
അറിവ് (arivu) is the general word, while വിജ്ഞാനം (vijnaanam) suits the knowledge of arts and sciences and പ്രജ്ഞാനം (prajnaanam) carries a philosophical, almost spiritual weight. പഠിത്തം (paditham) and വിദ്യ (vidya) tilt towards schooling and learning.
Common questions
How do you say knowledge in Malayalam?
അറിവ് (arivu), covering both information and learning.
Which word fits academic knowledge?
വിജ്ഞാനം (vijnaanam), used for erudition and the knowledge of arts and sciences.