Thought in Malayalam

ചിന്ത (chintha) is thought, both the act of turning something over in the mind and the worry that comes with it. It is the everyday noun and also the serious one, used of a writer's thought.

Most common translation

ചിന്ത (chintha)

Thinking, thought, the act of turning something over in the mind.

അവൻ ആഴത്തിലുള്ള ചിന്തയിലാണ്.

avan aazhathilulla chinthayilaanu.

He is deep in thinking.

All Malayalam words for “thought”

അന്തര്‍ഗ്ഗതം (antharggatham) and മനോഗതം (manogatham) are literary words for an idea held inwardly, and ചിത്തം (chitham) is the mind itself rather than a thought in it.

Common questions

How do you say thought in Malayalam?

ചിന്ത (chintha).

Does the word mean worry?

It can. ചിന്ത (chintha) slides from thinking into anxious thinking, and the context decides whether it is reflection or worry.