Cause in Malayalam

Cause is കാരണം (kaaranam), the reason or motive behind something, and one of the most used nouns in Malayalam. In speech it doubles as a connector, where kaaranam introduces because. Read it kaa-ra-nam.

Most common translation

കാരണം (kaaranam)

Cause, reason, motive, means, agency, origin.

അവൻ വന്നില്ല, കാരണം അവന് സുഖമില്ല.

avan vannilla, kaaranam avanu sukhamilla.

He did not come because he is unwell.

All Malayalam words for “cause”

ഹേതു (hethu) is a more formal cause or motive, നിമിത്തം (nimitham) is an occasion or an indication, and ഇടയാകുക (idayaakuka) is the verb to cause or bring about.

Common questions

How do you say cause in Malayalam?

Cause is കാരണം (kaaranam).

How do you say to cause something?

ഇടയാകുക (idayaakuka), to cause, happen or bring about.