Wiseman in Malayalam
A wise man in the spiritual sense is ജ്ഞാനി (jnaani), one who has knowledge, often of religious or philosophical kind, and the word is also used of astrologers. Say jnaani with the jn as one sound and a long aa. It carries respect and a hint of detachment from worldly matters.
Most common translation
Wiseman, one well versed in spiritual knowledge, astrologer.
ആ വൃദ്ധന് ഒരു ജ്ഞാനിയാണ്.
aa vruddhan oru jnaaniyaanu.
That old man is a wise man.
All Malayalam words for “wiseman”
- ജ്ഞാനി (jnaani) — Wiseman, one well versed in spiritual knowledge, astrologer.
- വിദ്വാന് (vidwaan) — Wiseman, scholar, learned man.
വിദ്വാന് (vidwaan) is the learned scholar, a man of books and training, which is a different kind of wisdom from the realised knowledge this word implies.
Common questions
How do you say wiseman in Malayalam?
A wise man is ജ്ഞാനി (jnaani).
How is vidwaan different?
It names a scholar or learned man, someone wise through study, while ജ്ഞാനി (jnaani) suggests inner or spiritual knowledge.