Understanding in Malayalam
Understanding is ധാരണ (dhaarana), dhaa-ra-na, from the root for holding, so the sense is what you hold in your head about a matter. It covers a grasp of how something works and also an informal agreement between two people. Both senses are current.
Understanding; a grasp of how something works, knowledge of a matter, an informal agreement between people.
ഈ വിഷയത്തിൽ എനിക്ക് ധാരണയുണ്ട്.
ee vishayathil enikku dhaaranayundu.
I have an understanding of this subject.
All Malayalam words for “understanding”
- ധാരണ (dhaarana) — Understanding; a grasp of how something works, knowledge of a matter, an informal agreement between people.
- അറിവ് (arivu) — Knowledge, information, learning, intimation, understanding.
- ചിത്തം (chitham) — Mind, heart, thought, understanding.
- പഠനം (padanam) — Studying, reading, reading and understanding.
അറിവ് (arivu) is knowledge or information rather than understanding, and ചിത്തം (chitham) is the mind itself, which is the seat of understanding and not the thing.
Common questions
How do you say understanding in Malayalam?
Understanding is ധാരണ (dhaarana).
Can dhaarana mean an agreement?
Yes. Two parties reaching an understanding is described with the same word, the way English uses it of an informal arrangement.