Desire in Malayalam
Desire comes out in ordinary Malayalam as ആഗ്രഹം (aagraham), the wish or longing a person will readily admit to. The stress falls on the first long vowel, aa-gra-ham, and the word is safe in every register, from a child's wish to a formal letter.
Most common translation
Tightpulling, grasping, desire, wish, intense longing.
എന്റെ ആഗ്രഹം നടന്നു.
ente aagraham nadannu.
My wish came true.
All Malayalam words for “desire”
- ആഗ്രഹം (aagraham) — Tightpulling, grasping, desire, wish, intense longing.
- അഭീഷ്ടം (abheeshtam) — Desire.
- ആഗ്രഹിക്കുക (aagrahikkuka) — Desire, wish, long for, crave.
- കാമിക്കുക (kamikkuka) — Desire, love, lust.
- കാമിതം (kamitham) — Desire, that which is desired, love.
- ഇച്ഛ (icha) — Wish, desire, will, longing.
- ഇച്ഛിക്കുക (ichikkuka) — Wish, desire, long for.
- മനോരഥം (manoradham) — Wish, desire, longing, the topic one wishes, imagination.
- ആശ (asha) — Hope, wish, desire, longing.
- ഇഷ്ടം (ishtam) — Linking, love, desire.
- താല്പര്യം (thaalparyam) — Interest, attention, desire, meaning, sense, substance, intent, implication.
- പ്രേമം (premam) — Love, sexual love, passion, desire, attachment, joy.
- മനോഗതി (manogathi) — Attitude, longing, desire, opinion, wish.
- മോഹിക്കുക (mohikkuka) — Covet, long for, desire, be infatuated, swoon, faint.
- വരം (varam) — Blessing, boon, gift, desire.
- വിതുമ്പ് (vithumbu) — Cry, sobbing, longing, desire, shock.
- അതിമോഹം (athimoham) — Over ambition, covetousness, excessive desire.
- അത്യാശ (athyasha) — Keen desire, excessive desire.
- അഭിനിവേശനം (abhiniveshanam) — Ardent desire, earnest application.
- അഭീഷ്ടസിദ്ധി (abheeshtasiddhi) — Attainment of desire.
- ആകാംക്ഷ (aakamksha) — Longing, strong desire, anxiety, eagerness.
- കമ്പം (kambam) — Strong desire, longing, craze (for sth), excessive zeal.
- കാംക്ഷിക്കുക (kaamkshikkuka) — Long for, desire for.
- കൃപ (kripa) — Compassion, mercy, sympathy, beneficence, desire to do good selflessly.
- കൊതിപറയുക (kothiparayuka) — Express desire for sth. that one can't get, talk wishfully.
- ജിജ്ഞാസ (jijnaasa) — Curiosity, the desire to know, thirst for knowledge.
- ദാഹിക്കുക (daahikkuka) — Feel thirsty, thirst for; have a strong desire for.
- ദുരാഗ്രഹം (duraagraham) — Bad desire, greed, avarice.
- ദുരാശ (duraasha) — Bad desire, bad hope, avarice, greed.
- പ്രാര്ത്ഥിക്കുക (praarthikkuka) — Pray, request, worship, beg, request with desire.
- മത്സരബുദ്ധി (malsarabuddhi) — Competitive spirit, the desire to defeat others in a competition.
- മോഹവില (mohavila) — Fancy price, high price offered for sth. because of the desire to possess it.
- വിതുമ്പുക (vithumbuka) — Begin to cry, sob, desire ardently, boil over.
- വിശക്കുക (vishakkuka) — Feel hungry; (fig.) be very eager to know, have a strong desire for, hunger for.
- വിശപ്പ് (vishapp) — Hunger, appetite; (fig.) strong desire, curiosity.
- സൗജന്യം (soujanyam) — Affability, generosity, service-mentality, the desire to help others, a free gift, concession.
ആഗ്രഹം is the everyday noun and ആഗ്രഹിക്കുക (aagrahikkuka) its verb; അഭീഷ്ടം (abheeshtam) and ഇച്ഛ (icha) are literary, മനോരഥം (manoradham) is a cherished private wish, and കാമിക്കുക (kamikkuka) with കാമിതം (kamitham) lean towards love and lust.
Common questions
How do you say desire in Malayalam?
ആഗ്രഹം (aagraham) is the usual word for desire.
How do you say I desire something?
Use the verb ആഗ്രഹിക്കുക (aagrahikkuka), or ഇച്ഛിക്കുക (ichikkuka) in more literary prose.