Skill in Malayalam
The everyday word for skill is മിടുക്ക് (midukk), which covers cleverness, ability and a certain quickness about a person. Kerala speech uses it loosely: a child who does well in exams has it, so does a driver who handles a bad road. Two syllables with a hard final consonant cluster.
Skill, cleverness, agility, ability, smartness.
കുട്ടിയുടെ മിടുക്ക് അധ്യാപകർ പുകഴ്ത്തി.
kuttiyude midukk adhyaapakar pukazhthi.
The teachers praised the child's cleverness.
All Malayalam words for “skill”
- മിടുക്ക് (midukk) — Skill, cleverness, agility, ability, smartness.
- പാടവം (padavam) — Skill, cleverness, dexterity, efficiency, sound health.
- വല്ലഭം (vallabham) — Skill, ability, a tree,.
- സാമര്ത്ഥ്യം (Samarthyam) — Skill, dexterity, efficiency.
- വശം (vasham) — Ability, skill, policy, tactics, knack, influence.
- ക്ഷമത (kshamatha) — Ability, efficiency, skill.
- ചുണ (chuna) — Sprightliness, vigour, skill, guts, courage, smartness.
- അക്ഷഹൃദയം (akshahridayam) — The mantra(magic words) which may enable one to gain perfect skill in gambling.
- അതിചാതുര്യം (athichathuryam) — Great cleverness, dexterity, great skill, great ability.
- അസാമര്ത്ഥ്യം (asamarthyam) — Lack of skill, inefficiency.
- കല (kala) — Art, painting, music, dance and other creative work; also a skill done beautifully.
- കഴിവുള്ള (kazhivulla) — Capable, having the skill or ability to do something, competent.
- ഡ്രൈവിങ് (draiving) — Driving; operating a vehicle, the skill of handling a car or bus.
- പഠിക്കുക (padikkuka) — Learn, to gain knowledge or skill; to study something new.
- പ്രൊഫഷണൽ (prophashanal) — Professional, belonging to a trained occupation; done to a trained standard; pro, a professional, somebody who does something for a living or with expert skill.
- വിദഗ്ധൻ (vidagdhan) — Expert, a person with special skill or deep knowledge in a field.
പാടവം (padavam) and വല്ലഭം (vallabham) are literary and rare, സാമര്ത്ഥ്യം (Samarthyam) is the formal word for skill in official writing, and ചുണ (chuna) adds a flavour of spirit and guts rather than technique.
Common questions
How do you say skill in Malayalam?
മിടുക്ക് (midukk) in conversation, സാമര്ത്ഥ്യം (Samarthyam) in formal or written Malayalam.
Which word fits a resume?
സാമര്ത്ഥ്യം (Samarthyam) or the plural form of the word for abilities; മിടുക്ക് (midukk) sounds too colloquial on paper.