Literary in Malayalam
The adjective you want is സാഹിത്യ (saahithya), relating to literature, read sa-hi-thya. It almost always sits in front of another noun, as in a literary award, a literary academy or literary criticism, rather than standing on its own.
Literary, relating to literature and writing.
സ്കൂളിൽ സാഹിത്യ സമ്മേളനം നടന്നു.
skoolil saahithya sammelanam nadannu
A literary meeting was held at school.
All Malayalam words for “literary”
- സാഹിത്യ (saahithya) — Literary, relating to literature and writing.
- അക്ഷരവിദ്യ (aksharavidya) — Literacy, education, literary writing, theosophy.
- ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) — Book, literary composition.
- ദശകം (dashakam) — Period of ten years, a literary work of ten verses, anything having ten components.
- നാടകം (naadakam) — Play, opera, a literary work that gives scope for music, acting and dancing.
- പ്രബന്ധം (prabandham) — Binding, literary composition, essay, treatise, a paper, plan.
- ഭാരതി (bhaarathi) — Word, speech, language, goddess, Saraswathi, the art and science of dancing, literary composition.
- രചന (rachana) — Composing, composition, construction, writing, literary work, decking hair stylishly.
- വൈൻ (vain) — Wine; an alcoholic drink made from grapes. The older word veenju is used mainly in church and literary contexts.
- ശൈലി (shaili) — Style in writing or literary composition, diction, idiom.
- സാഹിത്യം (saahithyam) — Literature, literary culture or knowledge.
saahithya is the straightforward modifier. ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) is a book or literary composition, പ്രബന്ധം (prabandham) an essay or treatise, and അക്ഷരവിദ്യ (aksharavidya) a lofty word for letters and learning.
Common questions
How do you say literary in Malayalam?
സാഹിത്യ (saahithya), as in a literary prize or literary criticism.
Which word names a literary work itself?
ഗ്രന്ഥം (grantham) covers a book or composition, and പ്രബന്ധം (prabandham) an essay or treatise.