Buy in Malayalam
വാങ്ങുക (vaanguka) is the standard verb to buy, heard in every shop and market in Kerala. Its past form വാങ്ങി (vaangi) means bought. മേടിക്കുക (medikkuka) is a colloquial alternative that can also mean to get a thrashing.
Most common translation
Purchase; to buy something for money, to acquire by paying; the noun sense is vaangal, a buying.
ഞാൻ ഇന്ന് പുതിയ ഫോൺ വാങ്ങി.
njaan innu puthiya phon vaangi.
I purchased a new phone today.
All Malayalam words for “buy”
- വാങ്ങുക (vaanguka) — Purchase; to buy something for money, to acquire by paying; the noun sense is vaangal, a buying.
- മേടിക്കുക (medikkuka) — Buy; (fig.) get a thrashing.
- വാങ്ങി (vaangi) — Bought, the past form of vaanguka, to buy; purchased.
- ഉപഭോക്താക്കൾ (upabhokthaakkal) — Customers; the people who buy goods or services from a shop or company; in speech kastamar is also used.
- ഷോപ്പിങ് (shopping) — Shopping; going out to buy things, the buying of goods in shops.
വാങ്ങുക (vaanguka) is neutral and standard, മേടിക്കുക (medikkuka) colloquial, വാങ്ങി (vaangi) the past form, ഷോപ്പിങ് (shopping) the activity, and ഉപഭോക്താക്കൾ (upabhokthaakkal) the customers who buy.
Common questions
How do you say buy in Malayalam?
വാങ്ങുക (vaanguka).
How do you say bought?
വാങ്ങി (vaangi).