Reason in Malayalam
Reason in the sense of why something happened is കാരണം (kaaranam), cause or reason, with a long aa in the first beat. It is one of the most used nouns in Malayalam, and in a case ending it also works as the conjunction because. School essays and court orders lean on it equally.
Cause, reason, motive, means, agency, origin.
അവൻ വന്നില്ല, കാരണം അവന് സുഖമില്ല.
avan vannilla, kaaranam avanu sukhamilla.
He did not come because he is unwell.
All Malayalam words for “reason”
- കാരണം (kaaranam) — Cause, reason, motive, means, agency, origin.
- നിമിത്തം (nimitham) — Reason, cause, indication, mark, aim, omen.
- യുക്തി (yukthi) — Harmony, union, logical argument, reason, harmony, tactics, stratagem, propriety, cleverness, cause.
- അകാരണ (akarana) — Causeless, without reason, causelessly, without provocation, fareless.
- അതിനാൽ (athinaal) — Hence, therefore, for that reason.
- അതേ കാരണത്താല് (ate karanathal) — By the same reason.
- ഉപപാദിക്കുക (upapaadikkuka) — Establish logically, reason in a logical way.
- എന്തുകൊണ്ട് (enthukondu) — Why, for what reason.
- കണ്ടമാനം (kandamaanam) — Without rhyme or reason, too much, recklessly.
- ന്യായം (nyaayam) — Justice, equity, propriety, law, proverb, maxim, manners, logical reason.
യുക്തി (yukthi) is reason as the faculty of logic and argument, നിമിത്തം (nimitham) is cause in the sense of occasion or omen, and അതിനാൽ (athinaal) is therefore, the consequence rather than the cause.
Common questions
How do you say reason in Malayalam?
കാരണം (kaaranam), the reason or cause for something.
How do you say for the same reason?
അതേ കാരണത്താല് (ate karanathal), a set phrase built on the same noun.