About in Malayalam

English about does several jobs, and the spatial one translates most cleanly: ചുറ്റും (chuttum) means around or about, as in papers scattered all about the room. It follows the noun it relates to and is heard constantly in ordinary speech. When about means roughly or approximately, Malayalam switches to a different word.

Most common translation

ചുറ്റും (chuttum)

Around, about.

വീടിന് ചുറ്റും മരങ്ങളാണ്.

veedinu chuttum marangalaanu.

There are trees around the house.

All Malayalam words for “about”

ചുറ്റും is about in the sense of around, ഏകദേശം (eakadesham) is about as in approximately, and ഉപരി (upari) covers over, beyond or besides.

Common questions

How do you say about in Malayalam?

ചുറ്റും (chuttum) when it means around, and ഏകദേശം (eakadesham) when it means approximately.

Which word fits about ten o clock?

ഏകദേശം (eakadesham), the word for almost or approximately.