Strength in Malayalam

ശക്തി (shakthi) is strength, power and capacity, and it is the word to reach for first. Say shak-thi. It also names divine power personified as a goddess, which is why it turns up in temple names.

Most common translation

ശക്തി (shakthi)

Strength, cleverness, firmness, vigour, capacity, goddess Lakshmi, Parvathi, Kaali, power of a deity personified as his wife, lance.

കാറ്റിന് ഇന്ന് നല്ല ശക്തി ഉണ്ട്.

kaattinu innu nalla shakthi undu.

The wind has real force today.

All Malayalam words for “strength”

കരുത്ത് (karuthu) is bodily strength and the grit that goes with it, ആക്കം (aakkam) is momentum or force, and ഉറപ്പ് (urapp) is strength in the sense of firmness.

Common questions

How do you say strength in Malayalam?

Strength is ശക്തി (shakthi).

Which word fits physical strength?

കരുത്ത് (karuthu), which is strength in the arms and the will to use it, while ശക്തി (shakthi) covers power of every kind.