Wit in Malayalam
The single entry here is not the abstract noun wit but a word for a person: വകതിരിവുള്ളവന് (vakathirivullavan), someone who has discernment. Say va-ka-thi-ri-vul-la-van. What it points to is good judgment and the ability to tell things apart, not the ability to be funny.
വകതിരിവുള്ളവന് (vakathirivullavan)
Person of wit.
അവൻ ചെറുപ്പത്തിലേ വകതിരിവുള്ളവന് ആയിരുന്നു.
avan cheruppathile vakathirivullavan aayirunnu.
Even as a child he was a person of sense.
Dictionary entry
- വകതിരിവുള്ളവന് (vakathirivullavan) — Person of wit.
വകതിരിവുള്ളവന് (vakathirivullavan) describes a sensible, discerning man, so neither the English sense of clever humour nor the abstract noun wit is covered by this entry.
Common questions
How do you say wit in Malayalam?
This page offers only വകതിരിവുള്ളവന് (vakathirivullavan), a person of discernment, so the abstract noun and the humour sense are both missing.
What does the first part of the word mean?
It is the faculty of telling one thing from another, that is discrimination and good sense, which is why the compound describes a level-headed person.