Vast in Malayalam
വിശാല (vishaala) is the adjective for vast, wide and spacious, a Sanskrit form you meet mostly at the head of compounds. Standing alone in a sentence it takes the attributive ending -maaya. വിശാലം (vishaalam) is the noun from the same root, the expanse itself.
Most common translation
Wide, vast, expansive, broad, spacious.
വിശാല ആയ മുറ്റത്ത് കുട്ടികൾ കളിച്ചു.
vishaala aaya muttathu kuttikal kalichu.
The children played in the spacious yard.
All Malayalam words for “vast”
- വിശാല (vishaala) — Wide, vast, expansive, broad, spacious.
- വിശാലം (vishaalam) — That which is broad, vast, spacious, expansive, etc.
Use വിശാല (vishaala) when it leads a compound and വിശാലം (vishaalam) when you need a noun; neither suggests vastness in number, only in space.
Common questions
How do you say vast in Malayalam?
Vast is വിശാല (vishaala).
Can it describe a vast crowd?
It can, but the picture is of a crowd spread wide over ground; a huge number is described with the words for many instead.