Society in Malayalam
സമാജം (samaajam) means an association or organised society, the word in the names of clubs, trusts and literary bodies across Kerala. For society in the sense of people in general, Malayalam uses a different Sanskrit word built on the root for gathering. Three syllables, with a long second vowel.
Association, society.
വനിതാ സമാജം ഒരു മേള നടത്തി.
vanithaa samaajam oru mela nadathi.
The women's association held a fair.
All Malayalam words for “society”
- സമാജം (samaajam) — Association, society.
- ചക്രം (chakram) — Wheel of vehicle or cart, water-wheel, Vishnu's powerful weapon, circle, society, country, earth, field, an old copper coin, wealth.
- മണ്ഡലം (mandalam) — Circle, sphere circumference, halo, disc of the sun, circular motion, society, a period of forty-one days.
- വ്യൂഹം (vyooham) — Military array, division of an army, society, structure, system.
- സഹകരണസംഘം (sahakaranasamgham) — Co-operative society.
- സാമൂഹിക (saamoohika) — Social, relating to society, to people living together or to community life.
- സാമൂഹികം (saamoohikam) — That which pertains to society or community.
സാമൂഹിക (saamoohika) and സാമൂഹികം (saamoohikam) are the adjective and noun for social and societal, and സഹകരണസംഘം (sahakaranasamgham) is a co-operative society; ചക്രം (chakram), മണ്ഡലം (mandalam) and വ്യൂഹം (vyooham) reach society only as distant senses.
Common questions
How do you say society in Malayalam?
സമാജം (samaajam) for an organised association; for society at large Malayalam uses the related word for the community as a whole.
How do you say co-operative society?
സഹകരണസംഘം (sahakaranasamgham), the standard term for Kerala's co-operative banks and stores.