Tone in Malayalam
Malayalam has no all purpose word for tone; it divides the idea up. ശ്രുതി (shruthi) is tone in the musical sense, the pitch an instrument or singer is tuned to, and it is the word in any discussion of Carnatic music. For the tone of someone's voice, Malayalam qualifies the noun for voice, as ആജ്ഞാസ്വരം (aajnaaswaram) does with the idea of command.
Hearing, news, rumour, sound, ear, scripture, (mus.) background tune, increasing the tone.
പാട്ടിന് ശ്രുതി ചേർക്കാൻ തംബുരു ഉപയോഗിക്കും.
paattinu shruthi cherkkaan thamburu upayogikkum.
A tambura is used to provide the background pitch for a song.
All Malayalam words for “tone”
- ശ്രുതി (shruthi) — Hearing, news, rumour, sound, ear, scripture, (mus.) background tune, increasing the tone.
- ആജ്ഞാസ്വരം (aajnaaswaram) — Tone of command or authority.
ആജ്ഞാസ്വരം (aajnaaswaram) is specifically the tone of command and cannot stand for tone in general; the voice element inside it is the piece doing the work.
Common questions
How do you say tone in Malayalam?
Musical tone or pitch is ശ്രുതി (shruthi); tone of voice is built by qualifying the word for voice, as in ആജ്ഞാസ്വരം (aajnaaswaram).
What else does ശ്രുതി (shruthi) mean?
Hearing, and in another register scripture; in music it is the tuning or the background drone.