Power in Malayalam
Power in the sense of energy is ഊര്ജ്ജം (oorjjam) in Malayalam, used of electricity, fuel and the vigour a person has. Science lessons and news reports both use it. Power as political authority is a different word, not among these options.
Most common translation
Energy, power, vigour, life, breath.
സൂര്യനിൽ നിന്ന് നമുക്ക് ഊർജ്ജം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.
sooryanil ninnu namukku oorjjam labhikkunnu.
We get energy from the sun.
All Malayalam words for “power”
- ഊര്ജ്ജം (oorjjam) — Energy, power, vigour, life, breath.
- ആഭൂതി (aabhoothi) — Prosperity, power, strength.
- കരുത്ത് (karuthu) — Strength, power, ability, courage, determination.
- ശേഷി (sheshi) — Strength, power, capacity, ability, competence.
- ഉഗ്രത്വം (ugrathwam) — Fierceness, violence, power, intensity.
- അംശവടി (amshavadi) — A rod/staff carried by a religious leader during ceremonies as a symbol of power.
- അണുശക്തി (anushakthi) — Atomic power, nuclear power, atomic energy.
- അതിബലം (athibalam) — Super strength, great power.
- അധികാരം (adhikaram) — Power authority, responsibility, title, claim, chapter, department, paragraph.
- അധികാരകേന്ദ്രീകരണം (adhikarakendreekara) — Concentration (centralization) of power (authority).
- അധികാരികൾ (adhikaarikal) — Authorities; the officials in charge, people with the power to decide or enforce.
- ആകര്‍ഷകത (aakarshakatha) — Attractiveness, power of attraction, beauty.
- ആണവനിലയം (anavanilayam) — Atomic reactor, atomic power station.
- ആയുസ്സ് (aayuss) — Duration of life, life time, life, vital power.
- ഇച്ഛാശക്തി (ichaashakthi) — Will power, divine will.
- കല്പനാശക്തി (kalpanaashakthi) — Power of imagination.
- കൈക്കരുത്ത് (kaikkaruth) — Strength of the hand, bodily strength, muscular power.
- ക്രിയാശക്തി (kriyaashakthi) — God's creative power, ability to do work.
- ഗിര (gira) — Word, tongue, power of speech, Saraswati, language.
- ഗ്രഹണം (grahanam) — Grasping, swallowing, covering up, comprehension, power of comprehension, eclipse (solar or lunar).
- ജലവൈദ്യുതി (jalavaidyuthi) — Hydro-electric power.
- താപനിലയം (thaapanilayam) — Power generating station, thermal power station.
- തുല്യശക്തി (thulyashakthi) — Equal power of strength.
- ദഹനശക്തി (dahanashakthi) — Eupepsy, digestive power.
- ന്യായാധികാരം (nyaayaadhikaaram) — Judicial power or authority, administration of justice.
- പരമാധികാരം (paramaadhikaaram) — Supreme power, paramountcy, sovereignty.
- പ്രകൃതി (prakrithi) — Nature, reality, shape, form, source, original character, divine power, woman, mother, root of a word (gram.).
- ബലം (balam) — Force, strength put to use, physical power applied to something.
- ബുദ്ധി (buddhi) — Intellect, wisdom, power of comprehension, objective, enlightenment.
- ഭരണകക്ഷി (bharanakakshi) — Ruling party, the political party in power.
- മനക്കരുത്ത് (manakkaruthu) — Will - power, fortitude.
- മനോവേഗം (manovegam) — Speed of the mind, great speed, power of grasping things quickly, swiftness of perception, acumen perspicacity.
- മാസ്മരവിദ്യ (maasmaravidya) — Mesmerism, hypnotic power, application of mental power to influence or make others sleep etc. (known after Franz Mesmer, a German physician.
- മൂകന്‍ (mookan) — A dumb person, one who has lost the power of speech.
- യന്ത്രം (yanthram) — Machine; a device with moving parts that does work, a piece of equipment run by power.
- യോഗബലം (yogabalam) — The power gained through the control of the senses and meditation, mystic power, good fortune.
- വികേന്ദ്രീകരണം (vikendreekaranam) — Decentralization (eg. decentralization of power or authority).
- വിവേചനാധികാരം (vivechanaadhikaaram) — Discretionary power, the power to accept or reject.
- വൈഭവം (vaibhavam) — Superior power, greatness, ability, dexterity.
- ശക്തി (shakthi) — Strength, cleverness, firmness, vigour, capacity, goddess Lakshmi, Parvathi, Kaali, power of a deity personified as his wife, lance.
- സഹിഷ്ണുത (sahishnutha) — Tolerance, the power to endure.
- സിദ്ധി (siddhi) — Achievement, accomplishment, divine power.
oorjjam is energy and vigour, karuthu and sheshi are strength and capacity in a person, and anushakthi is atomic or nuclear power.
Common questions
How do you say power in Malayalam?
For power as energy, say ഊര്ജ്ജം (oorjjam); for strength in a person, കരുത്ത് (karuthu).
How do you say nuclear power?
അണുശക്തി (anushakthi) is the term for atomic or nuclear power.