Tradition in Malayalam
പാരമ്പര്യം (paarambaryam) is tradition, and it carries heredity and lineage too, the idea of something handed down a family or a line of teachers. That double sense is the heart of the word. The long vowel at the front takes the stress.
Most common translation
Tradition, genealogy, heredity, inheritance.
ഞങ്ങളുടെ കുടുംബത്തിന് നല്ല പാരമ്പര്യം ഉണ്ട്.
njangalude kudumbathinu nalla paarambaryam undu.
Our family has a good tradition.
All Malayalam words for “tradition”
- പാരമ്പര്യം (paarambaryam) — Tradition, genealogy, heredity, inheritance.
- ഐതിഹ്യം (aithihyam) — Legend, tradition.
- നാട്ടുനടപ്പ് (nattunadappu) — Traditional custom, tradition.
- ക്രമം (kramam) — Order, law, rule, method, custom, justice, procedure, tradition, regularity.
- മാമൂല് (mamool) — Established custom, convention, tradition, custom-turned law.
- സ്മൃതി (smrithi) — Recollection, memory, meditation, code of ethical laws, tradition.
- ഗുരുപാരമ്പര്യം (gurupaarambaryam) — Traditions observed through generations, tradition of preceptor.
ഐതിഹ്യം (aithihyam) is a legend or received story, നാട്ടുനടപ്പ് (nattunadappu) is local custom, and മാമൂല് (mamool) is a custom so settled that it works like law.
Common questions
How do you say tradition in Malayalam?
പാരമ്പര്യം (paarambaryam), which covers tradition, inheritance and lineage together.
What is ഗുരുപാരമ്പര്യം (gurupaarambaryam)?
Tradition passed down a line of teachers, with the word for preceptor placed in front.