Speech in Malayalam
A speech or lecture is പ്രഭാഷണം (prabhaashanam), a Sanskritic noun used for an address, a discourse or a formal talk. It suits a conference programme better than a chat about a school function. Five syllables with a long aa in the middle.
Speech, conversation, lecture, discourse, interpretation.
അധ്യാപകന്റെ പ്രഭാഷണം എല്ലാവരും കേട്ടു.
adhyaapakante prabhaashanam ellaavarum kettu
Everyone listened to the teacher's lecture.
All Malayalam words for “speech”
- പ്രഭാഷണം (prabhaashanam) — Speech, conversation, lecture, discourse, interpretation.
- ഭാരതി (bhaarathi) — Word, speech, language, goddess, Saraswathi, the art and science of dancing, literary composition.
- വചനം (vachanam) — Word, speech, talk, proverb, wise saying, pronunciation; (gram.) singular or plural number.
- ആഖ്യാനം (aakhyaanam) — Story telling, legend, narration, speech, talk, notice.
- അടിയന്തര സാഹചര്യം (adiyanthara sahacharyam) — Emergency; a sudden serious situation needing immediate action. In speech the English word emarjansi is also common.
- അര്ദ്ധോക്തി (ardhokthi) — Broken or interrupted speech.
- അറിവുള്ള (arivulla) — Aware; knowing about something, conscious of it; in speech Malayalam usually puts it as enikku ariyaam.
- ആശയവിനിമയം (aashayavinimayam) — Communication; the passing of information and ideas between people, contact by speech or writing; communications, the exchange of messages and information; also the systems used for it, such as phone and internet links.
- ഉപഭോക്താക്കൾ (upabhokthaakkal) — Customers; the people who buy goods or services from a shop or company; in speech kastamar is also used.
- ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുക (ulkkolluka) — Contains; to hold or have something inside, to include; everyday speech often just says undu or adangiyirikkunnu.
- കസിൻ (kasin) — Cousin, the child of one's uncle or aunt, in Kerala speech the English word is used as it is.
- കാമുകൻ (kaamukan) — Boyfriend, a girl's male romantic partner; in speech the English word boyfriend is also used.
- കാലാവസ്ഥ (kaalaavastha) — Weather, the state of the air and sky at a place; rain, heat and wind together. In everyday speech it also covers climate; climate; the usual weather of a place over a long period. The same word also serves for day to day weather.
- ക്ഷീണിച്ച (ksheenicha) — Tired; weary, worn out, lacking energy; everyday speech says ksheenam undu, there is tiredness.
- ഗിര (gira) — Word, tongue, power of speech, Saraswati, language.
- തത്ത (thatha) — Parrot. A green bird with a curved beak that can mimic speech.
- തുറന്നുപറയുന്ന (thurannuparayunna) — Frank, open and straightforward in speech, saying plainly what one thinks.
- പരാമർശിച്ചു (paraamarshichu) — Referred, mentioned or pointed to something in speech or writing; of a doctor sending a patient on, Malayalis say raphar cheythu.
- പരിശീലകൻ (parisheelakan) — Coach, a trainer who teaches a team or a player; in everyday Kerala speech the English word koch is also used.
- പ്രമേയം (prameyam) — Theme, the central subject of a story, film or talk; in speech people also say vishayam or the English theem.
- പ്രസംഗകന് (prasamgakan) — Speaker, lecturer, one who makes a speech.
- പ്രസ്താവന (prasthaavana) — Statement, beginning, preface, foreword, a prologue (drama), an introductory speech.
- ഭാഷ (bhaasha) — Language, the speech of a people, a tongue used for talking and writing.
- മൂകന് (mookan) — A dumb person, one who has lost the power of speech.
- രാജ്ഞി (raajnji) — Queen, a woman who rules a kingdom or the wife of a king; also called raani in everyday speech.
- രൂപകം (roopakam) — Drama, dance, a figure of speech (metaphor), characteristic, form, feature, shape, figure, symbol.
- രൂപകൽപ്പന ചെയ്തു (roopakalppana cheythu) — Designed, planned the shape, look or layout of something; in everyday speech people say disain cheythu.
- റെസ്റ്റോറന്റ് (restorantu) — Restaurant. An eating place where meals are served; in everyday Kerala speech a small one is simply called a hotel.
- വാക്കുകൾ (vaakkukal) — Words, single units of speech or writing; also what somebody has said.
- വാരാന്ത്യം (vaaraanthyam) — Weekend, Saturday and Sunday, the end of the week; in everyday speech people also say veekendu.
- വിരൽ (viral) — Finger, one of the five parts at the end of the hand, also a toe in common speech.
- വ്യക്തിപരമായ (vyakthiparamaaya) — Personal, belonging to one person, private; in everyday speech swakaarya is also used.
- ശേഷിക്കുന്നു (sheshikkunnu) — Remains; is left over, still continues to be there; in speech people often say baakkiyundu.
- സംയോജനം (samyojanam) — Combination, the joining of two or more things into one; in everyday speech the English word kombinesan is often used.
ഭാഷ (bhaasha) is language, the speech of a people, and വചനം (vachanam) is an utterance, a saying or a grammatical number. കസിൻ (kasin) and തത്ത (thatha) appear here only because the word speech occurs inside their definitions.
Common questions
How do you say speech in Malayalam?
പ്രഭാഷണം (prabhaashanam), a speech, lecture or discourse.
Which word means speech in the sense of language?
ഭാഷ (bhaasha), the tongue a people speak and write.