Mind in Malayalam
Of the options here, അന്തരാത്മാവ് (antharathmavu) comes closest to mind, the inner self where thought and conscience sit. All the listed words are literary rather than conversational. Read it as anthar, inner, plus aathmavu, soul.
Most common translation
Mind, soul.
അവന്റെ അന്തരാത്മാവ് സത്യം അറിയുന്നു.
avante antharaathmaavu sathyam ariyunnu.
His inner soul knows the truth.
All Malayalam words for “mind”
- അന്തരാത്മാവ് (antharathmavu) — Mind, soul.
- ആശയം (asayam) — Mind, idea, meaning, substance, receptacle.
- ഉച്ചലം (uchalam) — Mind, eclipse.
- ഉള്ള് (ull) — Mind, heart, substance, idea.
- ചിത്തം (chitham) — Mind, heart, thought, understanding.
- ചേതസ് (chethas) — Mind, heart, consciousness.
- സ്വാന്തം (swaantham) — The mind, the heart.
- കൂട്ടാക്കുക (koottaakkuka) — Obey, mind, regard, care.
- വകവെക്കുക (vakavekkuka) — Obey, mind.
- ഹൃദയം (hridayam) — Heart, mind, breast, chest, essence, secret.
- ചേതനം (chethanam) — Creature, living being, soul, knowledge, mind.
- അകക്കാമ്പ് (akakkambu) — The inner mind, the inner soul.
- അസ്വസ്ഥത (aswasthatha) — Uneasiness, agitated state of mind.
- ആശയങ്ങൾ (aashayangal) — Ideas, thoughts or plans that come to mind; suggestions and notions.
- ഉപബോധമനസ്സ് (upabodhamanass) — The subconscious mind.
- ഏകാഗ്രത (eakagratha) — Concentration of mind, close attention, single-mindedness.
- ഓര്‍മ്മപ്പെടുത്തുക (ormmapeduthuka) — Remind, bring to mind.
- ഓർക്കുക (orkkuka) — Remember, keep in mind, recall something.
- കാണുക (kaanuka) — See, look at, meet, perceive, find out, keep in mind.
- ചിന്ത (chintha) — Thinking, thought, the act of turning something over in the mind.
- ചിന്തകൾ (chinthakal) — Thoughts; the things that go through the mind, ideas and opinions.
- ചേതോഹരം (chethoharam) — Attracting the mind, ravishing the mind, beautiful.
- തീരുമാനിച്ചു (theerumaanichu) — Decided, settled on something, made up one's mind; past form of to decide.
- ദുര്‍ബ്ബുദ്ധി (durbbuddhi) — Malignity, crooked mind, a crook, a fool, a wicked person.
- ദുര്‍മ്മനസ്സ് (durmmanass) — Grief-stricken mind, a grief-stricken person.
- ദുഷ്ടാത്മാവ്‌ (dushtaathmaav) — Person with a wicked, vicious mind.
- ധ്യാനം (dhyaanam) — Meditation, contemplation with the mind fixed on an object.
- ഭാവഭേദം (bhaavabhedam) — Change of mind, aspect, sentiment, etc.
- ഭാവശുദ്ധി (bhaavashuddhi) — Purity or integrity of mind, sincerity, truth.
- ഭ്രാന്തം (bhraantham) — Rotation, revolution, madness, confusion in mind, recklessness.
- ഭ്രാന്തുള്ള (bhraanthulla) — Mad; of unsound mind, crazy; in everyday English it also means very angry, for which Malayalam says deshyam.
- മനംമാറ്റം (manammattam) — Change of mind.
- മനതളിര്‍ (manathalir) — Tender mind.
- മനസ്സമാധാനം (manasamaadhaanam) — Peace of mind.
- മനസ്സാന്നിദ്ധ്യം (manasaaniddhyam) — Presence of mind.
- മനസ്സുമുട്ടിക്കുക (manassumuttikkuka) — Trouble the mind, harass, cause worry.
- മനസ്സുറപ്പ് (manasurapp) — Courage, firmness of the mind.
- മനോബലം (manobalam) — Strength of mind.
- മനോമയം (manomayam) — Spiritually absorbed mind, a state of life before it attains salvation.
- മനോവേഗം (manovegam) — Speed of the mind, great speed, power of grasping things quickly, swiftness of perception, acumen perspicacity.
- മഹാമനസ്സ് (mahamanas) — A great or generous person, generous mind, magnanimity.
- മാനസിക (maanasika) — Mental, psychological, pert. to the mind.
- മാനസികമായി (maanasikamaayi) — Mentally, in the mind, with regard to one's mental state.
- മാനസികരോഗം (maanasikarogam) — Mental illness, disease of the mind, psychological illness.
- മൂഡ് (mood) — Mood, the state of one's feelings, frame of mind at a given time.
- ലയം (layam) — Blending, suitability, destruction; (mus.) process of beating time, deluge, place of rest, languor of the mind, embrace, cadence, rhythm.
- വ്യായാമം (vyaayaamam) — Physical exercise, exercise (of body, mind or intellect), lengthening.
- സംയമം (samyamam) — Control, self-control, discipline, control of the mind, restraint.
ചിത്തം (chitham) and ചേതസ് (chethas) are mind as thought and awareness, സ്വാന്തം (swaantham) and ഉള്ള് (ull) lean towards the heart, and ആശയം (asayam) is mind in the sense of an idea held.
Common questions
How do you say mind in Malayalam?
അന്തരാത്മാവ് (antharathmavu) for the inner mind, or ചിത്തം (chitham) for mind as thought.
Which of these is closest to heart?
ഉള്ള് (ull), which covers heart, mind and inner substance.