Back in Malayalam
Coming or giving back is തിരികെ (thirike), the adverb for back and again, as in going back home. Three syllables, thi-ri-ke, and it is heard constantly. The back as a part of the body is an entirely different word.
Most common translation
Back, again.
അമ്മ നാളെ തിരികെ വരും.
amma naale thirike varum.
Mother will come back tomorrow.
All Malayalam words for “back”
- തിരികെ (thirike) — Back, again.
- പുറക് (purak) — Back (side).
- മുതുക് (muthuku) — Back, the rear part of the body from the shoulders to the waist.
- തിരിച്ച് (thirich) — Separately, back, backwards, in a classified manner.
- ചുമല് (chumal) — Shoulder, neck or the part that bears a load, back.
- നടു (nadu) — Middle, centre, waist, back.
- അനു (anu) — Denoting back, with near, along, towards.
- അവൾ തന്നെ (aval thanne) — Herself; she in person or she alone, used for emphasis or when her action turns back on her.
- ആഗമനം (agamanam) — Coming, profit, coming back, return.
- കസേര (kasera) — Chair; a seat with a back for one person; the person leading a meeting is the adhyakshan.
- തര്ക്കുത്തരം (tharkkutharam) — Retort, defiant answer, answering back (defiantly).
- തിരികെ കിട്ടുക (thirike kittuka) — Get back.
- തിരിച്ചടി (thirichadi) — Set back, rebuff, retaliation, counter blast.
- തിരിച്ചുപോകുക (thirichupokuka) — Go back, return.
- തിരിച്ചുവരുന്നു (thirichuvarunnu) — Returns, comes back to where one was; giving a thing back is thirichu kodukkuka.
- നേരത്തെ (nerathe) — Early, ahead of the usual time, in good time; earlier, before, at a time further back or sooner than usual; previously, earlier, before now; at a time that has already passed.
- പതുക്കം (pathukkam) — Drawing back, hiding, concealment, softness, yielding.
- പരിവര്ത്തിക്കുക (parivarthikkuka) — Change transform, revolve, retreat, turn back and run.
- പിന്തിരിയുക (pinthiriyuka) — Return, go back, refrain from, retrace.
- പിന്നിൽ (pinnil) — Behind, at the back of (used as a postposition after the noun, as in veedinu pinnil).
- പിന്മാറുക (pinmaruka) — Withdraw, retreat, go back, recede.
- പുനരാവര്ത്തം (punaravartham) — Rebirth, coming back.
- പുറം (puram) — The outer side, the back side, page, the reverse side, surface.
- പൂജയെടുപ്പ് (poojayeduppu) — The last day of Navaratri (Saraswathi or Durga puja) on which books and tools of work placed before the goddess for blessings are taken back.
- പൊഴി (pozhi) — Sand bank between the sea and back waters (which disappears during monsoon), furrow for sowing seed in the ploughed field, groove.
- പ്രതിഗമിക്കുക (prathigamikkuka) — Come back, return.
- പ്രതിസംഹരിക്കുക (prathisamharikkuka) — Take back, withdraw, revoke.
- മടങ്ങിപ്പോവുക (madangippovuka) — Return, go back.
- മദ്ധ്യപ്രദേശം (maddhyapradesham) — Waist, middle part, back the state called 'Madhya Pradesh' in India.
- മുതലാകുക (muthalaakuka) — Get back capital or investment, get back the cost, avoid loss.
- വിടകൊള്ളൂക (vidakolluka) — Bid farewell, take leave of, go back.
- വീണ്ടെടുക്കുക (veendedukkuka) — Take back, get back, recapture, recoup.
തിരികെ is back in the sense of returning, പുറക് (purak) is the back side of the body or an object, and ചുമല് (chumal) is the shoulder or load-bearing part.
Common questions
How do you say back in Malayalam?
തിരികെ (thirike) for returning, and പുറക് (purak) for the body's back.
How do you say he is coming back?
Use തിരിച്ചുവരുന്നു (thirichuvarunnu), returns or comes back.