Age in Malayalam
Age, meaning how many years someone has lived, is പ്രായം (praayam) in Malayalam and is what you hear when anyone is asked their age. It also names a stage of life, as in old age or a tender age. The word opens with the cluster pra.
Age, ages, the number of years a person has lived; age, the number of years a person has lived; the stage of life someone is at.
കുട്ടികളുടെ പ്രായം ഫോമിൽ എഴുതണം.
kuttikalude praayam phomil ezhuthanam
The children's ages must be written on the form.
All Malayalam words for “age”
- പ്രായം (praayam) — Age, ages, the number of years a person has lived; age, the number of years a person has lived; the stage of life someone is at.
- വയസ്സ് (vayass) — Age (in years), life time, youth, old age.
- പരുവം (paruvam) — Maturity, proper condition or time, circumstance, opportunity, temper, phase, age, season.
- അണുയുഗം (anuyugam) — Atomic age.
- കാലഘട്ടം (kaalaghattam) — Era. A long distinct period of history; an age or epoch.
- കുരുന്ന് (kurunnu) — New shoot or sprout, tender age, child, whiteness.
- ജീര്ണ്ണത (jeernnatha) — Old age, decay, digestion.
- പ്രളയം (pralayam) — End of the world, deluge, inundation, floods; (idm.) decline, destruction, death, destruction of the world, all- destroying flood at the end of an age, destruction.
- മുതിർന്നവർ (muthirnnavar) — Adults, grown-up people; those of legal age are praayapoortthiyaayavar.
- മൂത്ത (moottha) — Older, elder, greater in age; used especially of an elder brother or sister. For an older thing Malayalam says pazhaya.
- യാന്ത്രികയുഗം (yaanthrikayugam) — Machine age.
- യുഗം (yugam) — A pair, period, an age or long period of time, one of the Ages like Dwaapara or Kaliyuga, an age of some special significance (like Stone Age).
- സീനിയർ (seeniyar) — Senior, higher in age, rank or standing; a person in a class or a job above you.
വയസ്സ് (vayass) is an equally common everyday synonym for years lived, പരുവം (paruvam) is maturity or season, ജീര്ണ്ണത (jeernnatha) is decrepitude, കാലഘട്ടം (kaalaghattam) is a historical era, അണുയുഗം (anuyugam) is the atomic age, and കുരുന്ന് (kurunnu) is tender young life.
Common questions
How do you say age in Malayalam?
പ്രായം (praayam) or വയസ്സ് (vayass), both used for a person's age in years.
Which word fits a historical age?
കാലഘട്ടം (kaalaghattam), the word for an era or epoch.