Absence in Malayalam
Formal Malayalam names this precisely: അസാന്നിദ്ധ്യം (asannidhyam) is the state of not being present, the word you meet in notices, minutes and official reports. It is a long word, a-saan-ni-dhyam, and it sounds distinctly written rather than spoken. Conversation tends to use a shorter noun for the same idea.
Absence, state of being not present.
ക്ലാസ്സില് അവന്റെ അസാന്നിദ്ധ്യം എല്ലാവരും ശ്രദ്ധിച്ചു.
klaassil avante asannidhyam ellaavarum shraddhichu.
Everyone noticed his absence in class.
All Malayalam words for “absence”
- അസാന്നിദ്ധ്യം (asannidhyam) — Absence, state of being not present.
- അഭാവം (abhavam) — Lack, absence.
- വിരഹം (viraham) — Separation (of dear ones), bereavement, absence, forsaking.
- അക്ഷോഭം (akshobham) — Calmness, stillness, absence of excitement or nervousness, composure, tranquility.
- അചൈതന്യം (achaithanyam) — Absence of spirit or vigour, ignorance.
- അനിയമം (aniyamam) — Absence of rule or system, improper step, suspicion.
- അഭാവത്തില് (abhavathil) — In the absence of.
- അവിഖ്യാതി (avikhyathi) — Absence of fame, notoriety.
- അസത്വം (asathwam) — Weakness, absence of goodness.
- നെഗറ്റീവ് (negattivu) — Negative, not positive, unfavourable; also a test result showing absence.
- മിസ് ചെയ്യുക (mis cheyyuka) — Missed, failed to catch, attend or notice something; also felt the absence of someone. Malayalam commonly uses this English loan, and says kittiyilla for missing a bus.
- സുഖക്കേട് (sugakked) — Absence of happiness, illness, sorrow, ill health, uneasiness.
അസാന്നിദ്ധ്യം is absence as non-attendance, അഭാവം (abhavam) is absence as lack, അഭാവത്തില് (abhavathil) means in the absence of, and വിരഹം (viraham) is the ache of being parted from someone dear.
Common questions
How do you say absence in Malayalam?
അസാന്നിദ്ധ്യം (asannidhyam), or അഭാവം (abhavam) when you mean a lack of something.
How do you say in the absence of?
അഭാവത്തില് (abhavathil), placed after the noun.