Skilful in Malayalam
Malayalam prefers to name the skilful person rather than use a bare adjective, and the word for that is മിടുക്കന് (midukkan), a clever and capable man. It is warm, everyday praise, the sort of thing said about a mechanic who fixed what nobody else could. The feminine counterpart is formed from the same root.
A clever, skilful, smart man.
അവന് പഠനത്തില് മിടുക്കനാണ്.
avan padanathil midukkananu.
He is smart in studies.
All Malayalam words for “skilful”
- മിടുക്കന് (midukkan) — A clever, skilful, smart man.
- ക്ഷമ (kshama) — Forgiving, enduring, skilful.
- യോഗ്യ (yogya) — Proper, suitable, worthy, virtuous, skilful, worthy of joining hands with, well-qualified.
- വിരുതന് (viruthan) — Clever, cunning fellow, a skilful person.
ക്ഷമ (kshama) and യോഗ്യ (yogya) reach skilful only as one sense among several, and വിരുതന് (viruthan) carries a hint of cunning, so none of them is a neutral adjective.
Common questions
How do you say skilful in Malayalam?
Most often by calling the person മിടുക്കന് (midukkan) rather than by using a separate adjective.
Can viruthan be used as praise?
Only carefully. വിരുതന് (viruthan) can mean clever in a sly way, so it cuts both ways.