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archaic meaning in Malayalam

പുരാതനമായ purātanamāya

UK/ɑːˈkeɪ.ɪk//ɑɹˈkeɪ.ɪk/

archaic in Malayalam: പുരാതനമായ (purātanamāya), പുരാതനം (purātanaṁ). In English, archaic means the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).

Malayalam words for archaic

archaic
പുരാതനമായ purātanamāya, പുരാതനം purātanaṁ

English meaning of archaic

  1. noun The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
  2. noun (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
  3. adjective Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
  4. adjective No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.

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Questions about archaic in Malayalam

What is the meaning of archaic in Malayalam?
Archaic in Malayalam is പുരാതനമായ (purātanamāya), പുരാതനം (purātanaṁ).
archaic എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Archaic: പുരാതനമായ (purātanamāya), പുരാതനം (purātanaṁ).
What does archaic mean in English?
Archaic means the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).

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Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “archaic”: പുരാതനം, പുരാതനമായ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: archaic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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