Ostentation in Malayalam
Ostentation is ആഡംബരം (aadambaram) in Malayalam, the word for pomp and showy display, often of weddings and houses. It can be neutral, meaning grandeur, or critical, meaning showing off. Say aa-dam-ba-ram.
Pomp, ostentation, pride, luxury show, blowing of trumpets.
കല്യാണം ആഡംബരം ഇല്ലാതെ നടത്തി.
kalyaanam aadambaram illaathe nadathi.
The wedding was held without pomp.
All Malayalam words for “ostentation”
- ആഡംബരം (aadambaram) — Pomp, ostentation, pride, luxury show, blowing of trumpets.
- ആര്ഭാടം (aarbhadam) — Pomp, ostentation, show of luxury.
- പത്രാസ് (pathraas) — Show, ostentation, boasting pomp.
- പരിശോഭ (parishobha) — Surrounding lustre, outward brilliance, ostentation.
- പ്രമാദം (pramadham) — Fault (caused by carelessness), error, mistake, inadvertence, intoxication, ostentation, pomp, grandeur.
- പത്രാസുകാരന് (pathraasukaaran) — A boasting fellow, one who is found of show or ostentation.
ആഡംബരം (aadambaram) and ആര്ഭാടം (aarbhadam) are the main nouns for pomp, പത്രാസ് (pathraas) is colloquial swagger, പത്രാസുകാരന് (pathraasukaaran) the person who shows off, പരിശോഭ (parishobha) outward brilliance and പ്രമാദം (pramadham) carries pomp beside senses of error.
Common questions
How do you say ostentation in Malayalam?
ആഡംബരം (aadambaram) is the standard word for pomp and ostentation.
What do you call a show-off?
പത്രാസുകാരന് (pathraasukaaran) names a boastful person fond of display.