Eternity in Malayalam

Eternity is അനന്തകാലം (ananthakalam), a compound of endless and time. It belongs to religious, poetic and philosophical writing, and in ordinary speech it also turns up as hyperbole for an unbearably long wait.

Most common translation

അനന്തകാലം (ananthakalam)

Eternity.

നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ അനന്തകാലം അവിടെ നിൽക്കും.

nakshathrangal ananthakalam avide nilkkum.

The stars will stay there for eternity.

Dictionary entry

അനന്തകാലം (ananthakalam) is the only option and it means endless time, so it fits both a theological eternity and an exaggerated complaint about waiting forever.

Common questions

How do you say eternity in Malayalam?

അനന്തകാലം (ananthakalam) is the word, literally endless time.

Can it be used in everyday speech?

Yes, usually as exaggeration, the way English says I waited an eternity, though its home is in religious and literary language.