Skilled in Malayalam
For a skilled or proficient person the dictionary word is വിദഗ്ദ്ധ (vidagddha), someone with real expert knowledge of a subject. It is a Sanskrit adjective, at home in writing about craftsmen, doctors and musicians. The same entry warns that the word has a second life meaning crafty or deceitful.
Skilled, clever, proficient, having expert knowledge, deceitful, cunning, indigestible, not well-cooked; skilled woman, adept.
വിദഗ്ദ്ധ ഡോക്ടർമാരുടെ സംഘം ആശുപത്രിയിലുണ്ട്.
vidagddha doctormaarude sangham aashupathriyilund.
There is a team of expert doctors at the hospital.
All Malayalam words for “skilled”
- വിദഗ്ദ്ധ (vidagddha) — Skilled, clever, proficient, having expert knowledge, deceitful, cunning, indigestible, not well-cooked; skilled woman, adept.
- കൃതി (kruthi) — Skilled, learned, scholarly.
- അഭ്യാസി (abhyasi) — Skilled person,.
- പരിചയസമ്പന്നൻ (parichayasampannan) — Experienced, skilled through long practice, a seasoned person.
പരിചയസമ്പന്നൻ (parichayasampannan) is the better choice when the skill came from long practice rather than training, while കൃതി (kruthi) tilts towards learned and scholarly.
Common questions
How do you say skilled in Malayalam?
വിദഗ്ദ്ധ (vidagddha) for someone with expert command of a craft or subject.
Why does the entry also say cunning?
The same word developed a pejorative branch, so in some contexts വിദഗ്ദ്ധ (vidagddha) means clever in a scheming way; tone and context decide.