Pomp in Malayalam

ആഡംബരം (aadambaram) is pomp and ostentation, the showy display of wealth, and Malayalam uses it freely about weddings. ആര്‍ഭാടം (aarbhadam) is a close second with the same sense of luxury on parade.

Most common translation

ആഡംബരം (aadambaram)

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 “pomp”

thakrithi speaks of splendour and briskness, pathraas of boastful show, and lalitham is the opposite, a lack of pomp.

Common questions

How do you say pomp in Malayalam?

ആഡംബരം (aadambaram), pomp or ostentation.

How do you say without pomp, simply?

ലളിതം (lalitham) carries exactly that sense of simplicity.