Aim in Malayalam
Take aim with a catapult or a gun and Malayalam calls that ഉന്നം (unnam), the aim or the target itself, as in unnam vekkuka, to take aim. The word is short and concrete, un-nam, with none of the abstraction of a life goal. For aims in the sense of objectives, bigger nouns take over.
Most common translation
Aim, target; silk cotton.
അവന്റെ ഉന്നം പിഴച്ചില്ല, കൃത്യമായിരുന്നു.
avante unnam pizhachilla krithyamaayirunnu
His aim did not fail, it was accurate.
All Malayalam words for “aim”
- ഉന്നം (unnam) — Aim, target; silk cotton.
- ഉദ്ദേശ്യം (uddeshyam) — Intention, aim, purpose, the end in view.
- ലക്ഷ്യം (lakshyam) — Objective, aim, goal, the thing one works towards.
- ആകൂതം (aakootham) — Intention, meaning, opinion, wish, aim, objective.
- ആയുക (aayuka) — Bend forward, stretch out, aim, leap forward.
- നിമിത്തം (nimitham) — Reason, cause, indication, mark, aim, omen.
- അന്തിമലക്ഷ്യം (anthimalakshyam) — Ultimate aim.
- ഉദ്ദിഷ്ടകാര്യം (uddishtakaaryam) — The end (aim) in view, favours, goal.
- ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുക (uddeshikkuka) — Think, consider, intend, aim at.
- ഏകമുഖ (eakamukha) — Face directed towards one object only, having only one entrance or door, having only one aim or objective, having only one way, or aspect, single-faced.
- ഓങ്ങുക (onguka) — Aim at, begin, try, be about to strike.
- പാളിച്ച (palicha) — Blazing, sliding, looking askance, slinking, slipping, missing the aim, proving futile, failure.
- പാളുക (paaluka) — Slip, slide, slink, miss the aim, fail.
- പുരുഷാര്ത്ഥം (purushartham) — Aim or object of human life.
ഉന്നം is the point aimed at, ലക്ഷ്യം (lakshyam) is a goal or objective one works towards, and ഉദ്ദേശ്യം (uddeshyam) is the intention behind an act.
Common questions
How do you say aim in Malayalam?
ഉന്നം (unnam) for a target, and ലക്ഷ്യം (lakshyam) for a goal.
Which word fits the aim of a project?
ലക്ഷ്യം (lakshyam), the objective being worked towards.