Theory in Malayalam
സിദ്ധാന്തം (siddhaantham) is a theory, a worked-out explanation of how something happens. Science writing, politics and philosophy all use it, and it carries more weight than a guess.
Theory; an explanation of how something works, a set of ideas put forward to explain facts.
ഈ സിദ്ധാന്തം എനിക്ക് മനസ്സിലായില്ല.
ee siddhaantham enikku manassilaayilla.
I did not understand this theory.
All Malayalam words for “theory”
- സിദ്ധാന്തം (siddhaantham) — Theory; an explanation of how something works, a set of ideas put forward to explain facts.
- തന്ത്രം (thanthram) — Cunning, craft, device, tactics, stratagem, trick, art, spiritual administration in temples, theory, system, dependence, rituals.
- അണുസിദ്ധാന്തം (anusidhantham) — Atomic theory.
- അനുകരണസിദ്ധാന്തം (anukarana sidhantham) — Doctrine of imitation, the theory that certain sounds in our languages are formed by imitation.
അണുസിദ്ധാന്തം (anusidhantham) is the atomic theory and അനുകരണസിദ്ധാന്തം (anukarana sidhantham) the theory of imitation, both compounds. തന്ത്രം (thanthram) means craft and tactics first, with theory a minor sense.
Common questions
How do you say theory in Malayalam?
സിദ്ധാന്തം (siddhaantham).
Does it mean doctrine as well?
Yes. സിദ്ധാന്തം (siddhaantham) covers an established doctrine as much as a scientific theory, so a school of thought takes the same word.