String in Malayalam
സൂത്രം (soothram) is a string or thread, the sacred thread worn across the shoulder included. Say sooth-ram, long on the first syllable. The same word means a formula or a rule, which is how the ancient aphorisms got their name.
Most common translation
String, thread, the sacred thread worn by certain castes, formula, code, abbreviation.
കണക്കിലെ ഈ സൂത്രം ഞാൻ പഠിച്ചു.
kanakkile ee soothram njaan padichu.
I learned this formula in maths.
All Malayalam words for “string”
- സൂത്രം (soothram) — String, thread, the sacred thread worn by certain castes, formula, code, abbreviation.
- ഗുണം (gunam) — Function, duty, quality, goodness, number of times, wick, string, thread, bow-string, strand, secondary function or duty, virtue, property (of a thing).
- താലി (thaali) — The wedding string or chain tied by the bridegroom round the neck of the bride.
- പിനാകം (pinakam) — Bow, Siva's bow, trident, staff, string of pearls.
ഗുണം (gunam) covers a bowstring among its many senses, താലി (thaali) is the marriage chain and പിനാകം (pinakam) is a bow.
Common questions
How do you say string in Malayalam?
String is സൂത്രം (soothram).
Why does soothram also mean a formula?
Because a formula strings ideas together in the shortest possible line. The classical texts that did so were named with the word for thread, and the sense has stayed.