Between in Malayalam
ഇടയിൽ (idayil) means between or in the middle of, and like other Malayalam position words it follows the two things it joins rather than standing in front of them. It also means among when there are more than two. Pronounce it i-da-yil, with the d flapped lightly.
Between, in the middle of two things or people (used as a postposition after the noun).
രണ്ട് വീടുകൾക്ക് ഇടയിൽ ഒരു വഴിയുണ്ട്.
randu veedukalkku idayil oru vazhiyundu.
There is a path between the two houses.
All Malayalam words for “between”
- ഇടയിൽ (idayil) — Between, in the middle of two things or people (used as a postposition after the noun).
- അംശബന്ധം (amshabandham) — Ratio, relation between two amounts.
- അകലം (akalam) — Distance, space between two points, difference.
- അവ്യയീഭാവം (Avyayeebhavam) — Relation between noun and adverb.
- ആശയവിനിമയം (aashayavinimayam) — Communication; the passing of information and ideas between people, contact by speech or writing; communications, the exchange of messages and information; also the systems used for it, such as phone and internet links.
- ഇടനാഴി (idanaazhi) — Passage between two rooms, corridor.
- ചാരനിറം (chaaraniram) — Grey, the colour of ash, between black and white.
- ഡിസ്ക് (disku) — Disc, a thin flat round object such as a CD; also the disc between spinal bones.
- തമ്മില് (thammil) — Between each other, among (themselves, yourselves, etc.), mutually.
- താഴ്വര (thazhvara) — Valley; the low land lying between hills or mountains.
- തിരിച്ചറിവ് (thirichariv) — Wisdom, awareness, faculty of discrimination, the ability to distinguish between things.
- ധാരണ (dhaarana) — Understanding; a grasp of how something works, knowledge of a matter, an informal agreement between people.
- നിയോഗം (niyogam) — Appointment, entrustment, order, instruction, use, effort, delegation (of authority), sexual relation between the wife of a sterile person and a relative to beget children.
- നേരിട്ട് (nerittu) — Directly; in a straight way, without anyone or anything in between, in person.
- പകുക്കുക (pakukkuka) — Divide (between), share, allot.
- പല്ലിട (pallida) — Gap between teeth.
- പൊഴി (pozhi) — Sand bank between the sea and back waters (which disappears during monsoon), furrow for sowing seed in the ploughed field, groove.
- പോരാട്ടം (poraattam) — Fighting, a fight or struggle, combat; for a quarrel between people Malayalam says vazhakku.
- പ്രതിമാനം (prathimanam) — Specimen, sample, image, idol, resemblance, picture, shadow, the space between the two tusks of an elephant, weight.
- ബന്ധം (bandham) — Connection, a link or tie between people or things; also a service connection for electricity, water or internet; relation, the connection between people or things; also a relative, a member of the family.
- ബന്ധങ്ങൾ (bandhangal) — Relationships; the connections between people, family ties, friendships and romantic bonds; relations. Connections and dealings between people, families or countries; also relatives.
- ബിന്ദു (bindu) — Drop, point, centre, full stop, zero, the space between the eyebrows, a kind of leprosy of the elephants.
- ലഹളകൂട്ടുക (lahalakoottuka) — Riot, revolt, quarrel (between groups).
- ലിങ്കുകൾ (linkukal) — Links; web addresses that lead to another page. Also connections between things.
- വയലറ്റ് (vayalattu) — Purple, a violet colour between red and blue.
- വിടവ് (vidavu) — Gap, an opening or empty space between two things; also a shortfall.
- വിവേചിക്കുക (vivechikkuka) — Discriminate, distinguish between the good and the evil.
- വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച (velliyaazhcha) — Friday, the day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.
- സഖ്യം (sakhyam) — Alliance, a union or partnership formed between parties, groups or countries.
- സ്വപ്നം (swapnam) — State between sleep and waking up, dream, dreaming, state of imaging, laziness, indolence.
idayil is the positional between; the remaining entries merely describe things that happen between people, such as aashayavinimayam for communication, dhaarana for an informal understanding, and bandham for a connection or relation.
Common questions
How do you say between in Malayalam?
Between is ഇടയിൽ (idayil).
Does idayil also mean among?
Yes. Malayalam does not split between and among, so idayil covers two items and a whole group alike, and it can also mean meanwhile when used of time.