Mass in Malayalam
Mass in the scientific sense is പിണ്ഡം (pindam) in Malayalam, the quantity of matter in a body. Physics textbooks use it beside the word for weight. Mass meaning a crowd of people is a separate idea, expressed with words for the multitude rather than with this one.
Most common translation
Mass; the quantity of matter in a body, as used in science; mass in the sense of a crowd is bahujanam and the church service is kurbaana.
വസ്തുവിന്റെ പിണ്ഡം അളന്നു.
vasthuvinte pindam alannu.
The mass of the object was measured.
All Malayalam words for “mass”
- പിണ്ഡം (pindam) — Mass; the quantity of matter in a body, as used in science; mass in the sense of a crowd is bahujanam and the church service is kurbaana.
- ധര്ണ്ണ (dharnna) — Sit-in-strike, a form of mass 'sathyagraha' by squatting (before an office, etc.).
- ലോചകം (lochakam) — Eye-ball, collyrium, blue dress, mass of flesh.
പിണ്ഡം (pindam) is the physical quantity, ധര്ണ്ണ (dharnna) is a mass sit-in protest, and ലോചകം (lochakam) reaches mass only as a lump of flesh.
Common questions
How do you say mass in Malayalam?
In science, പിണ്ഡം (pindam).
What is a mass protest called?
ധര്ണ്ണ (dharnna), a sit-in staged before an office.