Anything in Malayalam
Anything is എന്തെങ്കിലും (enthenkilum) in Malayalam, built from the question word for what plus an indefinite ending. It serves for both anything and something, as in is there anything to eat. Everyday speech uses it constantly.
Most common translation
Anything, something.
എന്തെങ്കിലും കഴിക്കാൻ ഉണ്ടോ?
enthenkilum kazhikkan undo?
Is there anything to eat?
All Malayalam words for “anything”
- എന്തെങ്കിലും (enthenkilum) — Anything, something.
- വല്ലതും (vallathum) — Something, anything.
- അശേഷം (ashesham) — Without leaving behind anything, entirely.
- ഇന്ധനം (indhanam) — Fuel; petrol, diesel, firewood or anything burned to give energy.
- എന്തും (enthum) — Whatever, anything at all; used before a verb, as in take whatever you want.
- ദശകം (dashakam) — Period of ten years, a literary work of ten verses, anything having ten components.
- നാല്ക്കാലി (naalkkali) — Anything having four legs, cattle, table, chair, etc., quadruped.
- നേരിട്ട് (nerittu) — Directly; in a straight way, without anyone or anything in between, in person.
- പാനീയം (paaneeyam) — Beverage, anything suitable for drinking, water.
- മര്മ്മം (marmmam) — Vital spot or organ of the body; (idm.) main point or part of anything, key point, main secret, vulnerable spot or point, the quintessential.
- മിണ്ടാതെ (mindaathe) — Without speaking, without saying anything, silently.
- മൊബൈൽ (mobail) — Mobile, a mobile phone; also used for anything that can be moved from place to place.
- വ്യാകരണം (vyaakaranam) — Grammar, science of language, a book dealing with the basic laws of anything.
- സ്പാനിഷ് (spanish) — Spanish; the language of Spain, or anything relating to Spain and its people.
വല്ലതും (vallathum) is a close equivalent with a slightly more colloquial ring, and എന്തും (enthum) means whatever or anything at all, used where no limit is implied; അശേഷം (ashesham), ഇന്ധനം (indhanam), ദശകം (dashakam) and നാല്ക്കാലി (naalkkali) are unrelated words whose definitions merely mention anything.
Common questions
How do you say anything in Malayalam?
Use എന്തെങ്കിലും (enthenkilum).
What is the difference from enthum?
എന്തും (enthum) is whatever, anything at all, and suits take whatever you want.