Original in Malayalam
Shopkeepers, students and office staff all say ഒറിജിനൽ (orijinal), the English word in Malayalam letters, when they mean the genuine article rather than a copy. You hear it whenever somebody asks whether a certificate or a spare part is the real thing.
Most common translation
Original, genuine, not a copy; the first or authentic version of something.
ഒറിജിനൽ രേഖ കൊണ്ടുവരണം.
orijinal rekha konduvaranam.
You must bring the original document.
All Malayalam words for “original”
- ഒറിജിനൽ (orijinal) — Original, genuine, not a copy; the first or authentic version of something.
- അകൃത്രിമം (akrthrimam) — Not artificial natural/genuine/spontaneous, unsophisticated, original.
- അടിയാധാരം (adiyadaram) — Original document or deed.
- പ്രകൃതി (prakrithi) — Nature, reality, shape, form, source, original character, divine power, woman, mother, root of a word (gram.).
orijinal is the everyday loan, അടിയാധാരം (adiyadaram) is the legal term for the original title deed, and പ്രകൃതി (prakrithi) touches original only in the sense of someone's original nature.
Common questions
How do you say original in Malayalam?
ഒറിജിനൽ (orijinal) is what people actually say.
Is there a word for the original document?
In land and legal matters it is the അടിയാധാരം (adiyadaram), the original deed.