Sounds in Malayalam
The plural sounds is ശബ്ദങ്ങൾ (shabdangal), the regular plural of the standard noun for sound. It covers the noises around you and also the speech sounds of a language. Stress the middle of the word and let the final al stay light.
Sounds, noises, the things one hears; the plural of shabdam, sound.
പുറത്തുനിന്ന് വിചിത്രമായ ശബ്ദങ്ങൾ കേട്ടു.
purathuninnu vichithramaaya shabdangal kettu.
Strange sounds were heard from outside.
All Malayalam words for “sounds”
- ശബ്ദങ്ങൾ (shabdangal) — Sounds, noises, the things one hears; the plural of shabdam, sound.
- അനുകരണസിദ്ധാന്തം (anukarana sidhantham) — Doctrine of imitation, the theory that certain sounds in our languages are formed by imitation.
- വിക്ക് (vikk) — Stammering, stuttering, difficulty in uttering words (sounds) in a connected manner.
- സംഗീതം (sangeetham) — Music, song and melody, the art of arranging sounds.
വിക്ക് (vikk) is stammering, the trouble of getting sounds out, and സംഗീതം (sangeetham) is music, the art of ordering sounds; അനുകരണസിദ്ധാന്തം (anukarana sidhantham) names a linguistic theory. None of the three is a plural noun for sounds.
Common questions
How do you say sounds in Malayalam?
ശബ്ദങ്ങൾ (shabdangal) is the plural of the usual word for sound.
Which word is used for the speech sounds of a language?
The same ശബ്ദങ്ങൾ (shabdangal) serves, since Malayalam does not keep a separate term for phonetic sounds in everyday use.