Scholar in Malayalam
A scholar is വിദ്വാന് (vidwaan), a learned man, a title still attached to musicians and Sanskrit teachers. It carries real respect and is not handed out loosely.
Most common translation
Wiseman, scholar, learned man.
വിദ്വാന് ചോദ്യങ്ങള്ക്കെല്ലാം മറുപടി പറഞ്ഞു.
vidwaan chodyangalkkellam marupadi paranju.
The scholar answered all the questions.
All Malayalam words for “scholar”
- വിദ്വാന് (vidwaan) — Wiseman, scholar, learned man.
- വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥി (vidyaarthi) — Student, scholar, disciple.
- കവി (kavi) — Poet, poetry, scholar, ascetic, sage Valmiki, Brahma, seer, sage Shukra.
- വാദി (vaadi) — Pleading, petitioning, speaking, contending; plaintiff, one who pleads, spokesman, petitioner, one who plays on a musical instrument, scholar.
- അപാരപണ്ഡിതന് (apara pandithan) — Scholar of boundless knowledge.
vidyaarthi is a student rather than a scholar, and apara pandithan is a flourish meaning a scholar of boundless learning.
Common questions
How do you say scholar in Malayalam?
വിദ്വാന് (vidwaan).
Is a student called the same thing?
No. A student is വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥി (vidyaarthi); വിദ്വാന് (vidwaan) is someone already learned.