Ripeness in Malayalam
Ripeness is പക്വത (pakwatha), and the word works both ways: the ripeness of a fruit and the maturity of a person's judgement are the same thing in Malayalam. It is a Sanskrit noun, common in writing and in careful speech.
Most common translation
Maturity, ripeness, worldly experience.
അവന്റെ സംസാരത്തിൽ നല്ല പക്വതയുണ്ട്.
avante samsaarathil nalla pakwathayundu.
There is good maturity in his talk.
All Malayalam words for “ripeness”
- പക്വത (pakwatha) — Maturity, ripeness, worldly experience.
- വിളച്ചല് (vilachal) — Ripeness, agricultural produce, yield; (fig.) impudence, arrogance, haughtiness.
- വിള (vila) — Yield or produce of agriculture, crop, agricultural farm or field, garden, ripeness.
vilachal and vila are mainly about a crop coming in rather than about the state of being ripe, and vilachal has a sarcastic use meaning cheek or arrogance.
Common questions
How do you say ripeness in Malayalam?
Say പക്വത (pakwatha).
Does pakwatha also describe a person?
Yes. Used of a person it means maturity and worldly experience.