Vibration in Malayalam

സ്പന്ദനം (spandanam) is vibration in the sense of throbbing and pulsing, used for a heartbeat as readily as for a humming machine. Say span-da-nam. Writers also use it for a vibration of feeling.

Most common translation

സ്പന്ദനം (spandanam)

Throbbing, vibration, throb, beat (heart beat), quivering.

ഡോക്ടർ കുട്ടിയുടെ ഹൃദയ സ്പന്ദനം പരിശോധിച്ചു.

doktar kuttiyude hrudaya spandanam parishodhichu.

The doctor checked the heartbeat of the child.

All Malayalam words for “vibration”

ആകമ്പനം (aakambanam) and പ്രകമ്പനം (prakambanam) are shaking and trembling, visible movement, and പ്രകമ്പനം (prakambanam) is violent enough to describe a tremor or a storm.

Common questions

How do you say vibration in Malayalam?

Vibration is സ്പന്ദനം (spandanam).

Which word suits a phone set to vibrate?

സ്പന്ദനം (spandanam) again, since the sense there is a small steady throb rather than a shaking.