Substance in Malayalam
പദാര്ത്ഥം (padaartham) is substance as physical matter: a material, an ingredient, the stuff a thing is made of. Science books use it and so does a cook listing what went into a dish. ദ്രവ്യം (dravyam) is the nearby word for matter, and also for wealth and medicine.
Most common translation
Substance, article, ingredient, meaning of a word.
ഈ കറിയിൽ ഒരു പദാര്ത്ഥം കുറവാണ്.
ee kariyil oru padaartham kuravaanu.
One ingredient is missing in this curry.
All Malayalam words for “substance”
- പദാര്ത്ഥം (padaartham) — Substance, article, ingredient, meaning of a word.
- അന്തസ്സാരം (anthasaram) — Meaning, substance.
- അസ്തിത്വം (asthithwam) — Existence, substance.
- ദ്രവ്യം (dravyam) — Matter, substance, wealth, gold, bell-metal, medicine, liquor.
- പൊരുള് (porul) — Meaning, substance, principle, wealth, matter, essence, truth, God, prosperity, salvation, bliss.
- ആശയം (asayam) — Mind, idea, meaning, substance, receptacle.
- ഉള്ള് (ull) — Mind, heart, substance, idea.
- താല്പര്യം (thaalparyam) — Interest, attention, desire, meaning, sense, substance, intent, implication.
- സാരം (saaram) — Main part, meaning, gist, substance, marrow, essence, reality, strength, nobility.
- കല്ല് (kallu) — Stone, gem, hard substance, rock.
- രത്നച്ചുരുക്കം (rathnachurukkam) — Brief summary, sum and substance, gist.
For substance meaning the gist of what was said, this list offers പൊരുള് (porul) and അന്തസ്സാരം (anthasaram), which are about meaning rather than material.
Common questions
How do you say substance in Malayalam?
For a material or a chemical substance, പദാര്ത്ഥം (padaartham).
Which word fits the substance of an argument?
പൊരുള് (porul), the meaning or essence of what was said.