Plenty in Malayalam
Plenty is ധാരാളം (dhaaraalam) in Malayalam, and you will hear it many times a day: plenty of time, plenty of food, plenty of room. The first syllable is long and aspirated: dhaa-raa-lam.
Most common translation
Plenty, profusion, exuberance.
ഇന്ന് ധാരാളം ജോലിയുണ്ട്.
innu dhaaraalam joliyundu
There is a lot of work today.
All Malayalam words for “plenty”
- ധാരാളം (dhaaraalam) — Plenty, profusion, exuberance.
- അക്ഷരി (akshari) — Having a certain number of letters, rainy season, season of plenty.
- അധികം (adhikam) — More, excessively, in plenty.
- കൊയ്ത്തുകാലം (koythukaalam) — Harvest season, (fig.) time of plenty, prosperous, times, thriving, flourishing season.
- ചാകര (chakara) — Occurring of mud-banks and appearance of plenty of fish for a short period at some places along the Kerala coast during the monsoon, (idm) a season of plenty, plentifulness.
അധികം means more or excessive rather than abundant, കൊയ്ത്തുകാലം and ചാകര are seasons of plenty in farming and fishing, and അക്ഷരി reaches that sense only in an old, narrow use.
Common questions
How do you say plenty in Malayalam?
ധാരാളം (dhaaraalam) means plenty or in abundance.
What is the difference between dhaaraalam and adhikam?
ധാരാളം says there is a generous amount, while അധികം (adhikam) says there is more than needed, often too much.