Motive in Malayalam
A motive is കാരണം (kaaranam) in ordinary Malayalam, the reason behind what somebody did. Police reports and family arguments alike turn on it. In legal and philosophical writing ഹേതു (hethu) appears for the same idea.
Most common translation
Cause, reason, motive, means, agency, origin.
അവൻ വന്നില്ല, കാരണം അവന് സുഖമില്ല.
avan vannilla, kaaranam avanu sukhamilla.
He did not come because he is unwell.
All Malayalam words for “motive”
- കാരണം (kaaranam) — Cause, reason, motive, means, agency, origin.
- ഹേതു (hethu) — Cause, motive, tactics, pretext, middle term of a syllogism.
- ആന്തരം (aantharam) — Secret motive, hidden thought.
- പരായണം (paraayanam) — Main motive, devotion, hereditary custom or traditional order.
കാരണം (kaaranam) is the reason anyone can state, ഹേതു (hethu) the formal cause or pretext, and ആന്തരം (aantharam) the secret motive kept hidden from others.
Common questions
How do you say motive in Malayalam?
കാരണം (kaaranam), the motive, cause or reason.
Which word names a hidden motive?
ആന്തരം (aantharam), a secret motive or inner thought.