Anam in Malayalam
Anam is not a free-standing word but a Malayalam verb ending that marks obligation, as pokanam, must go, shows. The listed word that stands on its own is വേണം (venam), meaning want or need, used in sentences such as saying what one wants. So the heading names a suffix, while this entry gives a real word of similar force.
Want, to need, to wish for; Malayalam says enikku venam, I want; should, ought to, need to; on a verb the obligation is usually shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, should go; needs, requires, must have; Malayalam says venam, it is needed; wants, needs, would like to have; in Malayalam the person wanting takes the dative and the thing wanted is the subject; needed, required, wanted; Malayalam says venam, it is needed, and inflects it for tense as venamayirunnu for was needed; wanna, want to; Malayalam says venam for wanting something, as in enikku chaaya venam, I want tea.
എനിക്ക് ഒരു ചായ വേണം.
enikku oru chaaya venam.
I want a tea.
All Malayalam words for “anam”
- വേണം (venam) — Want, to need, to wish for; Malayalam says enikku venam, I want; should, ought to, need to; on a verb the obligation is usually shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, should go; needs, requires, must have; Malayalam says venam, it is needed; wants, needs, would like to have; in Malayalam the person wanting takes the dative and the thing wanted is the subject; needed, required, wanted; Malayalam says venam, it is needed, and inflects it for tense as venamayirunnu for was needed; wanna, want to; Malayalam says venam for wanting something, as in enikku chaaya venam, I want tea.
- കരുതപ്പെടുന്ന (karuthappedunna) — Supposed; presumed, believed to be so; the English sense of supposed to is usually shown in Malayalam by the verb ending -anam, as in pokanam, meaning supposed to go.
- നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) — Must, is compulsory, cannot be left out; on a verb the obligation is shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, must go.
നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) states that something is compulsory, and കരുതപ്പെടുന്ന (karuthappedunna) means supposed or presumed, both brought in because their explanations mention the same ending.
Common questions
How do you say anam in Malayalam?
It is already Malayalam: anam is the verb ending for must or should, and the independent word of need is വേണം (venam).
How is obligation expressed?
Either with the ending on the verb or with നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) to say something is compulsory.