Law in Malayalam
Law is നിയമം (niyamam) in Malayalam, the word used for statutes, rules and regulations. It appears on traffic signs, in legal drafting and in talk of religious observance. Say ni-ya-mam.
Rule, conditions, law, system, decision, religious observance, custom, agreement.
ഗതാഗത നിയമം എല്ലാവരും പാലിക്കണം.
gathagatha niyamam ellavarum palikkanam.
Everyone must obey the traffic law.
All Malayalam words for “law”
- നിയമം (niyamam) — Rule, conditions, law, system, decision, religious observance, custom, agreement.
- ക്രമം (kramam) — Order, law, rule, method, custom, justice, procedure, tradition, regularity.
- നീതി (neethi) — Justice, righteousness, law, ethics, leading, government policy.
- ന്യായം (nyaayam) — Justice, equity, propriety, law, proverb, maxim, manners, logical reason.
- പരിഭാഷണം (paribhaashanam) — Conversation, reproof, taunt, law, agreement or undertaking order.
- വിധി (vidhi) — Fate, destiny, fortune, nemesis, Karma, result of one's Karma (deed) in the previous birth, order, Brahma, law, rule, verdict, judgement.
- വ്യവസ്ഥ (vyavastha) — Condition, arrangement, statute, law, system, certainty, decree.
- ഋതം (ritham) — Truth, moral law, righteousness.
- കരിനിയമം (kariniyamam) — Black act, an oppressive law.
- കോടതി (kodathi) — Court of law.
- ജന്മം (janmam) — Birth, nativity, origin, life birth right, (law) freehold property.
- ദുര്ബ്ബലപ്പെടുക (durbbalappeduka) — Become weak, weaken, become invalid, be not enforcible by law, annul.
- നിയമവിധി (niyamavidhi) — Order or dictates of law, routine duties as prescribed by rules.
- നിയമവിരുദ്ധമായ (niyamaviruddhamaaya) — Illegal; against the law, not permitted by law, unlawful.
- നീതിന്യായം (neethinyaayam) — Law and justice, judiciary.
- ന്യായവിധി (nyaayavidhi) — Verdict or judgement of a court of law.
- പാർലമെന്റ് (paarlamentu) — Parliament; the national law making assembly, in India the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha together.
- പൊതുനിയമം (pothuniyamam) — Public law.
- പോലീസ് (polees) — Police, the force that keeps law and order; a policeman.
- പ്രമാണിക (pramanika) — To document, proof or creed, authoritative, based on law or proof.
- മാമൂല് (mamool) — Established custom, convention, tradition, custom-turned law.
- മൊഴി (mozhi) — Word, language, saying, evidence or statement given in a court of law.
- വാദം (vaadam) — Conversation, discussion, discourse, argument, litigation, hearing in the law court, doctrine.
- വിചാരണ (vichaarana) — Trial, examination (in a law court), enquiry, investigation.
- സിവിൽ (sivil) — Civil, relating to citizens or to civil law as opposed to criminal law; also used of civil engineering.
നിയമം (niyamam) and വ്യവസ്ഥ (vyavastha) are the words for enacted law, നീതി (neethi) and ന്യായം (nyaayam) lean towards justice and equity, ക്രമം (kramam) towards order and procedure, and പരിഭാഷണം (paribhaashanam) and വിധി (vidhi) carry law only as a minor sense.
Common questions
How do you say law in Malayalam?
നിയമം (niyamam) is the standard word for a law or rule.
Which word means justice?
നീതി (neethi) and ന്യായം (nyaayam) both carry the sense of justice and fairness.