Real in Malayalam

Real is യഥാര്‍ത്ഥമായ (yathaarthamaaya), the adjective built on the noun for what is actually so, and it is the word for a real problem, a real friend and a real danger. The long aa in the middle carries the stress. Journalism and everyday speech both use it.

Most common translation

യഥാര്‍ത്ഥമായ (yathaarthamaaya)

Real, true, authentic, actual.

ഇത് ഒരു യഥാർത്ഥമായ കഥയാണ്.

ithu oru yathaarthamaaya kathayaanu.

This is a true story.

All Malayalam words for “real”

ശരിക്കുള്ള (sharikkulla) is the colloquial equivalent, real as in true to life, and യാഥാര്‍ത്ഥിക (yaathaarthika) is a stiffer variant of yathaarthamaaya; അസാങ്കല്പികം (asankalpikam) is the philosophical real as against imaginary and സത്യം (sathyam) is truth itself.

Common questions

How do you say real in Malayalam?

യഥാര്‍ത്ഥമായ (yathaarthamaaya) in writing, and ശരിക്കുള്ള (sharikkulla) in conversation.

How do you say the real reason?

Put yathaarthamaaya or sharikkulla in front of the noun for reason; both are heard, with the second sounding more spoken.