Poetry in Malayalam
കവിത (kavitha) is poetry, both the art and a piece of it, and it is the word on school syllabuses and literary pages. പദ്യം (padyam) is verse in the technical sense, composition in metre.
Most common translation
Poetry.
അവൾ ക്ലാസിൽ ഒരു കവിത വായിച്ചു.
aval klaasil oru kavitha vaayichu.
She read a poem in class.
All Malayalam words for “poetry”
- കവിത (kavitha) — Poetry.
- പദ്യം (padyam) — Poetry, verse or metrical composition, wickedness.
- കവി (kavi) — Poet, poetry, scholar, ascetic, sage Valmiki, Brahma, seer, sage Shukra.
- അലങ്കാരപ്രയോഗം (alankara prayogam) — Rhetorical embellishment in poetry or literature.
- കവയ്ക്കുക (kavaykkuka) — Pull the legs apart, compose poetry.
- പരാവര്ത്തനം (paravarthanam) — Return, paraphrase, prose rendering of poetry.
kavi is the poet rather than the poetry, alankara prayogam is rhetorical ornament, and kavaykkuka and paravarthanam are the verb to compose and prose paraphrase.
Common questions
How do you say poetry in Malayalam?
കവിത (kavitha).
What is the difference between kavitha and padyam?
kavitha is poetry in general, while padyam is metrical verse as against prose.