Magnitude in Malayalam
Magnitude in the sense of sheer size is മുഴുപ്പ് (muzhupp), an everyday word about bulk and full growth. It is what a farmer says about the size of a jackfruit or a carpenter about the thickness of a beam.
Size, magnitude, full growth, fullness.
ആ മാങ്ങയുടെ മുഴുപ്പ് കണ്ടോ!
aa mangayude muzhuppu kando!
Did you see the size of that mango!
All Malayalam words for “magnitude”
- മുഴുപ്പ് (muzhupp) — Size, magnitude, full growth, fullness.
- പോലം (polam) — Crowd, magnitude.
- ഗുരുത്വം (guruthwam) — Gravity, state of being a preceptor, magnitude, substantiality, difficulty in digesting, respect, esteem.
- പെരുക്കം (perukkam) — Multiplication, increase, magnitude, size.
മുഴുപ്പ് (muzhupp) is size and bulk, പെരുക്കം (perukkam) is increase in number or amount, ഗുരുത്വം (guruthwam) is weight and seriousness as in the magnitude of a problem, and പോലം (polam) is rare; none of them is the word for the magnitude of an earthquake.
Common questions
How do you say magnitude in Malayalam?
For size or bulk, മുഴുപ്പ് (muzhupp). The right choice depends on which kind of magnitude you mean.
Which word fits the magnitude of a disaster?
ഗുരുത്വം (guruthwam), because it carries weight and seriousness rather than physical size.