Sounding in Malayalam
Sounding, in the sense of making a sound or hinting at something, is ധ്വനനം (dhwananam), a Sanskritic noun built on the root for sound. It belongs to criticism and formal writing, where a poem is said to be sounding a theme. Five light syllables, none of them stressed hard.
Most common translation
Sounding, making a sound, hinting, suggestion.
കവിതയിൽ അർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ ധ്വനനം പ്രധാനമാണ്.
kavithayil arthhathinte dhwananam pradhanamanu.
In poetry, the suggestion of meaning is important.
All Malayalam words for “sounding”
- ധ്വനനം (dhwananam) — Sounding, making a sound, hinting, suggestion.
- വിളി (vili) — Call, sounding a horn, etc. cry, invitation, summons.
വിളി (vili) is the sounding of a horn or a call, so it fits a bugle or a summons but not the general idea of giving off sound.
Common questions
How do you say sounding in Malayalam?
ധ്വനനം (dhwananam) covers sounding, making a sound and hinting at something.
What do you call the sounding of a horn?
വിളി (vili), the word for a call or a blast on a horn.