Truth in Malayalam
Truth is സത്യം (sathyam), sa-thyam, and it is one of the most loaded words in Malayalam. Besides the abstract truth it means an oath, so swearing on the truth and telling it share a word. Courts, temples and arguments at home all use it.
Most common translation
Truth, what is real and correct, an honest statement.
നീ സത്യം പറയണം.
nee sathyam parayanam.
You must tell the truth.
All Malayalam words for “truth”
- സത്യം (sathyam) — Truth, what is real and correct, an honest statement.
- ഋതം (ritham) — Truth, moral law, righteousness.
- ദിവ്യം (divyam) — Sth. divine, truth, sky, a kind of sandalwood.
- യഥാര്ത്ഥം (yathaartham) — Reality, truth.
- വാസ്തവം (vaasthavam) — Reality, truth, fact.
- പരമാര്ത്ഥം (paramaartham) — Reality, fact, truth, sth. noblest.
- പൊരുള് (porul) — Meaning, substance, principle, wealth, matter, essence, truth, God, prosperity, salvation, bliss.
- ഭാവശുദ്ധി (bhaavashuddhi) — Purity or integrity of mind, sincerity, truth.
- ഭൂതം (bhootham) — What has happened, the past, past time, truth, spirit of the dead, ghost, evil apparition, Siva's lieutenants.
- വസ്തുത (vasthutha) — Fact, reality, truth, matter.
- തത്വം (thathvam) — Principle, a basic rule or belief, a truth one lives by.
- പുകമറ (pukamara) — Smoke screen, (fig) say or do something to conceal truth.
- പൊടിയിടുക (podiyiduka) — Hide the truth, blind a person, solder metal.
- സത്യമായും (sathyamaayum) — Honestly; truthfully, sincerely, really; speakers also say sathyam paranjaal, to tell the truth.
വാസ്തവം (vaasthavam) and യഥാര്ത്ഥം (yathaartham) are truth in the sense of reality or fact, and ഋതം (ritham) is truth as cosmic moral order, a word from scripture.
Common questions
How do you say truth in Malayalam?
Truth is സത്യം (sathyam).
Can sathyam mean an oath?
Yes. സത്യം (sathyam) is used for swearing as well as for truth, which is why it appears in both courtrooms and quarrels.