Variety in Malayalam
വൈവിധ്യം (vaividhyam) is variety in the sense of diversity, the mix of different things in one place. It is a Sanskrit loan, vai-vi-dhyam, and it turns up in writing about food, culture and wildlife. For one particular variety, a single sort, Malayalam reaches for തരം (tharam) instead.
Variety, diversity.
ഭക്ഷണത്തില് വൈവിധ്യം വേണം എന്ന് അമ്മ പറയും.
bhakshanathil vaividhyam venam ennu amma parayum.
Mother says there should be variety in food.
All Malayalam words for “variety”
- വൈവിധ്യം (vaividhyam) — Variety, diversity.
- ബാഹുല്യം (bahulyam) — Variety, diversity, plentifulness, normal order, plenitude.
- തരം (tharam) — Kinds, sorts, types, varieties of a thing; sort, kind, type, variety.
- പ്രപഞ്ചം (prapancham) — World, Universe, cosmos, worldly life, breadth, description, abundance, expanse, variety, analysis.
- താരനിശ (tharanisha) — Starnight, a variety entertainment programme in which filmstars participate.
ബാഹുല്യം (bahulyam) leans towards abundance and plenty rather than range, and പ്രപഞ്ചം (prapancham) is the universe, listed here only because old dictionaries gloss it as expanse.
Common questions
How do you say variety in Malayalam?
Variety is വൈവിധ്യം (vaividhyam) when you mean diversity, and തരം (tharam) when you mean a particular sort.
Which word fits a variety show?
താരനിശ (tharanisha) names the Kerala stage show where film actors perform, the star night, and it is not a general word for variety.