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proverbial meaning in Malayalam

പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലായ

/pɹəˈvɜɹb.iː.əl/

proverbial in Malayalam: പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലായ, എല്ലാവരും അറിയുന്ന, ലോകപ്രസിദ്ധമായ. In English, proverbial means of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.

Malayalam words for proverbial

പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലായ, എല്ലാവരും അറിയുന്ന, ലോകപ്രസിദ്ധമായ

English meaning of proverbial

  1. adjective Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.
  2. adjective Optionally placed before an element of a well-known proverb or metaphor to emphasize that the element is not being used in a literal sense (see Usage notes below).
  3. adjective Widely known; famous; stereotypical.
  4. noun Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase.

Full definition of proverbial

proverbial in a sentence

  • The busyness of a beaver is proverbial.
  • The beaver in this instance upheld the reputation of the proverbial one: her output was prodigious.
  • the proverbial smoking gun

proverbial in other languages

Questions about proverbial in Malayalam

What is the meaning of proverbial in Malayalam?
Proverbial in Malayalam is പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലായ, എല്ലാവരും അറിയുന്ന, ലോകപ്രസിദ്ധമായ.
proverbial എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Proverbial: പഴഞ്ചൊല്ലായ, എല്ലാവരും അറിയുന്ന, ലോകപ്രസിദ്ധമായ.
What does proverbial mean in English?
Proverbial means of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale.

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Malayalam words from Malayalam Wiktionary: proverbial (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: proverbial (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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