Stratagem in Malayalam
തന്ത്രം (thanthram) is a stratagem, a device or a piece of cunning. Say than-thram. The word has a wide life in Malayalam, from political tactics to temple ritual, and in speech the sharp sense of a trick is the common one.
Cunning, craft, device, tactics, stratagem, trick, art, spiritual administration in temples, theory, system, dependence, rituals.
കളി ജയിക്കാൻ നല്ല തന്ത്രം വേണം.
kali jayikkan nalla thanthram venam.
A good strategy is needed to win the game.
All Malayalam words for “stratagem”
- തന്ത്രം (thanthram) — Cunning, craft, device, tactics, stratagem, trick, art, spiritual administration in temples, theory, system, dependence, rituals.
- യുക്തി (yukthi) — Harmony, union, logical argument, reason, harmony, tactics, stratagem, propriety, cleverness, cause.
യുക്തി (yukthi) is the reasoned plan, clever and logical, while തന്ത്രം (thanthram) carries a suggestion of slyness.
Common questions
How do you say stratagem in Malayalam?
A stratagem is തന്ത്രം (thanthram).
Is thanthram the same word as tantra?
It is the same Sanskrit word, and in religious contexts it keeps the meaning of system and ritual practice. In everyday Malayalam it has drifted towards trick and tactic.