Aback in Malayalam
Position is what the Malayalam answer covers here: പുറകില് (Purakil) means behind or to the rear, which is the original sense of aback. It is said as pu-ra-kil, three light syllables, and it behaves like any ordinary adverb of place. The familiar English phrase taken aback needs a different word altogether.
Most common translation
Aback.
കുട്ടി അമ്മയുടെ പുറകില് ഒളിച്ചു.
kutti ammayude purakil olichu.
The child hid behind the mother.
All Malayalam words for “aback”
- പുറകില് (Purakil) — Aback.
- അത്ഭുതപ്പെടുക (athbhuthappeduka) — Surprised; felt wonder or astonishment at something unexpected, was taken aback.
പുറകില് answers aback as a matter of place, while അത്ഭുതപ്പെടുക (athbhuthappeduka) is the verb for being startled by something unexpected.
Common questions
How do you say aback in Malayalam?
പുറകില് (Purakil), in the sense of behind or to the rear.
What about the phrase taken aback?
That calls for അത്ഭുതപ്പെടുക (athbhuthappeduka), a verb for being surprised by something unexpected.