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
Around, about.
വീടിന് ചുറ്റും മരങ്ങളാണ്.
veedinu chuttum marangalaanu.
There are trees around the house.
All Malayalam words for “about”
- ചുറ്റും (chuttum) — Around, about.
- ഉപരി (upari) — Above, over, beyond, more than, about, besides, also used as a pfx, meaning higher.
- ഏകദേശം (eakadesham) — Almost, nearly, about, somewhat, approximately, a part, one side.
- അക്രിയ (akriya) — Inactive, indifferent, not caring about.
- അഗമ്യം (agamayam) — Unapproachable, unattainable, inaccessible, not worth thinking about, impenetrable, dense.
- അഭിപ്രായങ്ങൾ (abhipraayangal) — Comments; remarks or opinions expressed about something, notes written under a post; views, opinions or what a person thinks about a matter. For scenery Malayalam says kaazhchakal, and for video views the English loan vyoos.
- അറിവുള്ള (arivulla) — Aware; knowing about something, conscious of it; in speech Malayalam usually puts it as enikku ariyaam.
- അലയുക (alayuka) — Wander about, roam about.
- ആക്കുക (aakkuka) — Make, bring about, cause to become, transform into.
- ആശങ്കയുള്ള (aashankayulla) — Concerned; worried or anxious about something; concerned in the sense of connected is bandhappetta.
- ഇടയാകുക (idayaakuka) — Cause, happen, bring about.
- ഈറ്റ (eatta) — Calved, having given birth to, about to give birth to.
- ഉണ്ടാക്കിയ (undaakkiya) — Caused, brought about, made to happen.
- ഉലാത്തുക (ulaathuka) — Walk about leisurely, lounge, pace up and down.
- എന്ത് (enthu) — What, which thing; used in questions about things.
- എരിഞ്ഞടങ്ങുക (erinjadanguka) — Finish burning, go out, about to set.
- ഓങ്ങുക (onguka) — Aim at, begin, try, be about to strike.
- കണ്ണു വയ്ക്കുക (kannu vykkuka) — Speak enviously about, have an avaricious eye on.
- കരിക്കുക (karikkuka) — Char, burn to charcoal, heal (about wounds etc.).
- കാതം (katham) — An Indian league (about 16 kilo metres).
- കാരണങ്ങൾ (kaaranangal) — Reasons, causes, the grounds for doing or believing something; the plural of kaaranam; causes; the reasons why something happens, the things that bring about a result.
- കൊണ്ടുനടക്കുക (kondunadakkuka) — Carry about, take with one, help to walk.
- ഗുണവചനം (gunavachanam) — A word that qualifies, a word about some virtue.
- ചെയ്യാൻ പോകുന്നു (cheyyaan pokunnu) — Gonna, going to, about to do something; in Malayalam the pattern -aan pokunnu is added to the verb, as in cheyyaan pokunnu, going to do.
- താൽപര്യങ്ങൾ (thaalparyangal) — Interests. The things a person likes or cares about; hobbies, also benefits or advantages.
- തെണ്ടുക (thenduka) — Beg, wander about.
- തെറി (theri) — (root) be scattered, shatter and fall around, break away, sputter, splash about.
- ദാരിദ്ര്യം പറയുക (daaridryam parayuka) — Complain about poverty.
- നാടോടി (nadodi) — A run- about, a vagrant, tramp, wanderer.
- പങ്കുവെക്കുന്നു (pankuvekkunnu) — Shares, gives a part of something to others, tells others about it; company shares are sheyarukal.
- പടുതിരി (paduthiri) — A wick about to be extinguished.
- പരതുക (parathuka) — Grope about, look for, search for.
- പരിക്രമിക്കുക (parikramikkuka) — Roam about, travel for pleasure, travel on foot.
- പരിഗണിക്കുക (pariganikkuka) — Considering; thinking about, weighing, taking into account before deciding.
- പരിചരണം (paricharanam) — Going around, roaming about, service, looking after, attending on.
- പരിസര്പ്പം (parisarppam) — Wandering about, perambulation.
- പിടയുക (pidayuka) — Writhe in pain, roll about, flutter, throb.
- പിള്ളേർ (pilleru) — Guys, lads, the boys; a casual way of speaking about a group of young people.
- പുടമുറി (pudamuri) — Piece of cloth about nine yards, presenting cloth to the bride by the groom (is a part of the wedding ceremony).
- പുളയുക (pulayuka) — Twist the body, whirl about, wriggle, squiggle, revel frantically.
- പ്രചരണം (pracharanam) — Spreading, propagation, walking about.
- പ്രശ്നക്കാരന് (prashnakkaaran) — Astrologer, one who enquires about the future on the basis of astrology, one who creates problem, problem maker.
- ഫലങ്ങൾ (phalangal) — Results, outcomes, what comes out of an exam, a test or an effort; effects; the results or consequences of something, the changes something brings about.
- ബന്ധിപ്പിക്കുക (bandhippikkuka) — Join, bring about contact, bring together.
- ഭിക്ഷാടനം (bhikshadanam) — Going about begging.
- മാസങ്ങൾ (maasangal) — Months, periods of about thirty days.
- മൈൽ (mail) — Miles, the plural of mile, a unit of distance of about 1.6 kilometres.
- ലാസം (laasam) — Sport, jumping, dancing, joviality, playing about, juice, emulsion, ointment.
- വിവരം (vivaram) — Info, information, details about something; the short spoken form of information.
- സംബന്ധിച്ച് (sambandhicchu) — Regarding. Concerning or about; with reference to a matter.
- സന്തോഷമുള്ള (santhoshamulla) — Glad; happy, pleased, cheerful about something.
- സെന്റ് (sentu) — Cent, a hundredth part of a dollar; in Kerala also a unit of land area of about forty square metres.
- സ്ഥിതിവിവരക്കണക്ക് (sthithivivarakkanakku) — Statistics, collected numerical data about people or things; also the subject that studies such data.
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.