Behind in Malayalam
പിന്നിൽ (pinnil) means behind or at the back of, and it follows the noun instead of preceding it, the opposite of English order. So the house is named first and pinnil comes after it. Keep the nn long and the final vowel short, pin-nil.
Behind, at the back of (used as a postposition after the noun, as in veedinu pinnil).
വീടിന് പിന്നിൽ ഒരു മാവുണ്ട്.
veedinu pinnil oru maavundu.
There is a mango tree behind the house.
All Malayalam words for “behind”
- പിന്നിൽ (pinnil) — Behind, at the back of (used as a postposition after the noun, as in veedinu pinnil).
- അവശേഷിക്കുക (avasheshikkuka) — Leave behind, remain.
- അശേഷം (ashesham) — Without leaving behind anything, entirely.
- ഗൂഗിൾ (googil) — Google, the widely used internet search engine and the company behind it; also used loosely for searching online.
- പിന്തുടരുക (pinthudaruka) — To follow, to go after someone, to come behind; also to go along with a rule or a way.
- പിന്തുടരുന്നു (pinthudarunnu) — Follows; goes after or behind someone, keeps to a rule or advice, comes next in order.
- പിന്നിടുക (pinniduka) — Overtake, leave behind.
- ബാക്കിയായി (baakkiyaayi) — Remained, was left over, stayed behind; the past form of baakkiyaakuka.
- മറക്കുക (marakkuka) — To forget, to fail to remember, to leave behind by mistake; forgot; the past form of forget, to have failed to remember or to have left behind.
pinnil is the positional behind, pinthudaruka is to follow or come behind someone, baakkiyaayi means stayed behind or was left over, and marakkuka is leaving something behind by forgetting it.
Common questions
How do you say behind in Malayalam?
Behind is പിന്നിൽ (pinnil).
Why does pinnil come after the noun?
Malayalam uses postpositions rather than prepositions, so words for position regularly follow the noun they relate to, often with the noun in a case form.