Superior in Malayalam
മികച്ച (mikacha) is the everyday adjective for superior in quality: better, excellent, a cut above. It stands before the noun, as in the best performance of the year or a superior grade of rice.
Most common translation
Excellent, super fine, foremost, superior.
അവള്ക്ക് മികച്ച വിജയം കിട്ടി.
avalkku mikacha vijayam kitti.
She got an excellent victory.
All Malayalam words for “superior”
- മികച്ച (mikacha) — Excellent, super fine, foremost, superior.
- വിശിഷ്ട (vishishta) — Excellent, distinguished, superior, dignified, great.
- ഇടത്തരം (idathram) — Mediocre, middle class, of the average type, neither superior nor inferior.
- ഉപഹാരം (upahaaram) — Gift to a superior, offering, present, offering made to a deity.
- മേത്തരം (metharam) — Superior type or kind, superfine.
- വൈഭവം (vaibhavam) — Superior power, greatness, ability, dexterity.
വിശിഷ്ട (vishishta) is formal and honorific, used of distinguished people and special occasions, and മേത്തരം (metharam) describes a superior grade of goods. None of these means a superior in the sense of a boss.
Common questions
How do you say superior in Malayalam?
For better in quality, മികച്ച (mikacha).
Which word fits a distinguished guest?
വിശിഷ്ട (vishishta), the word used on invitations and in formal speeches.