Alone in Malayalam
Doing something on your own is ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് (ottaykk), built from the word for single, and it is the natural choice for alone in speech. It is pronounced ot-taykk, with the doubled t given full weight. Emphatic alone, as in he alone, is handled by a small particle instead.
Most common translation
Single-handed, singly, alone.
അവൻ ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് യാത്ര ചെയ്തു.
avan ottaykku yaathra cheythu.
He travelled solo.
All Malayalam words for “alone”
- ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് (ottaykk) — Single-handed, singly, alone.
- ഏവ (eva) — Alone, only.
- തന്നെ (thanne) — Alone, singly, by oneself, yes, indeed, spontaneously.
- മാത്രം (maathram) — That much, only, alone, singly.
- സ്വയം (swayam) — By oneself, of one's own accord, alone, spontaneously.
- അവൾ തന്നെ (aval thanne) — Herself; she in person or she alone, used for emphasis or when her action turns back on her.
- ഈ (ee) — This, this one here; ee stands before a noun and ithu is used when it stands alone.
- ഏകാന്തം (eakantham) — Secret place, state of being alone.
ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് is alone as unaccompanied, തന്നെ (thanne) adds the emphatic sense of by oneself, മാത്രം (maathram) is only, and ഏകാന്തം (eakantham) names the state of solitude.
Common questions
How do you say alone in Malayalam?
ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് (ottaykk).
How do you say by oneself for emphasis?
Add തന്നെ (thanne) after the pronoun, or use സ്വയം (swayam), of one's own accord.