Principle in Malayalam

Principle is തത്വം (thathvam) in Malayalam, the word for a basic rule or a truth someone lives by. It turns up in political writing, in school ethics lessons and in ordinary remarks about a person of principle. The plural and compound forms are built straight from it.

Most common translation

തത്വം (thathvam)

Principle, a basic rule or belief, a truth one lives by.

അദ്ദേഹം തന്റെ തത്വങ്ങൾ വിട്ടില്ല.

addheham thante thathvangal vittilla.

He did not give up his principles.

All Malayalam words for “principle”

thathvam is the general word, adisthanatathwam and moulikathathwam name a fundamental or founding principle, and porul shades off into meaning, substance and essence.

Common questions

How do you say principle in Malayalam?

The usual word is തത്വം (thathvam).

How do you say a basic principle?

അടിസ്ഥാനതത്ത്വം (adisthanatathwam) and മൗലികതത്വം (moulikathathwam) both express a fundamental or founding principle.