Sentiment in Malayalam
Sentiment, meaning a feeling or inclination of the mind, is ചേതോവികാരം (chethovikaaram) in Malayalam. It is a literary compound rather than a conversational word, and you are most likely to meet it in criticism, poetry and formal prose. Read it as che-tho-vi-kaa-ram.
Mental inclination, sentiment, feeling.
ആ പാട്ടിൽ ഒരു പ്രത്യേക ചേതോവികാരം ഉണ്ട്.
aa paattil oru prathyeka chethovikaaram undu.
That song has a special feeling in it.
All Malayalam words for “sentiment”
- ചേതോവികാരം (chethovikaaram) — Mental inclination, sentiment, feeling.
- ഭാവകം (bhaavakam) — Sentiment, aspect, phosphorus (chem.).
- ഭാവഭേദം (bhaavabhedam) — Change of mind, aspect, sentiment, etc.
- ഉജ്ജ്വലം (ujjwalam) — Brilliance, splendour, whiteness, erotic sentiment, passion.
In this list, chethovikaaram is sentiment as a mental feeling or leaning; ഭാവകം (bhaavakam) is a technical word with several unrelated senses, ഭാവഭേദം (bhaavabhedam) is a change of mind, and ഉജ്ജ്വലം (ujjwalam) is brilliance, used in classical poetics for the erotic mood.
Common questions
How do you say sentiment in Malayalam?
Sentiment is ചേതോവികാരം (chethovikaaram).
Is any of these the word for public sentiment?
None is the usual choice for that; all four belong to literary and philosophical vocabulary about the states of the mind.