The contemporary meaning of വിവരം is knowledge, news, education, etc.
Did you know that the original (Sanskrit) meaning is hole?
വിവരം comes from the Sanskrit root വിവൃ which originally means to open up, to uncover etc. It is the same root where വിവൃതം = open comes from.
Thus, വിവരം means opening or hole and also opening up or expansion. This later became morphed into exposition and elaboration.
Nowadays it just means knowledge!
Did you know that the original (Sanskrit) meaning is hole?
വിവരം comes from the Sanskrit root വിവൃ which originally means to open up, to uncover etc. It is the same root where വിവൃതം = open comes from.
Thus, വിവരം means opening or hole and also opening up or expansion. This later became morphed into exposition and elaboration.
Nowadays it just means knowledge!
