Farewell in Malayalam
Malayalam handles farewell with a verb: യാത്രയാക്കുക (yaathrayaakkuka), to see somebody off. It is what a family does at the railway station and what colleagues do for someone retiring.
യാത്രയാക്കുക (yaathrayaakkuka)
Bid farewell, send off, see off, despatch.
ഞങ്ങൾ അതിഥികളെ യാത്രയാക്കി.
njangal athithikale yaathrayaakki.
We saw off the guests.
All Malayalam words for “farewell”
- യാത്രയാക്കുക (yaathrayaakkuka) — Bid farewell, send off, see off, despatch.
- യാത്രചൊല്ലുക (yaathracholluka) — Bid farewell, bid goodbye, take leave of.
- വിട (vida) — Goodbye, a farewell said when parting from someone.
- വിടകൊള്ളൂക (vidakolluka) — Bid farewell, take leave of, go back.
- വീശല് (veeshal) — Blowing of wind, etc., casting (the net), winnow, whirl, wave (eg. the hand, as to bid farewell).
യാത്രചൊല്ലുക (yaathracholluka) is said from the other side, by the one who is leaving and taking leave; വിടകൊള്ളൂക (vidakolluka) is formal and literary for taking leave, and വീശല് (veeshal) is merely the waving of a hand.
Common questions
How do you say farewell in Malayalam?
യാത്രയാക്കുക (yaathrayaakkuka) is the verb for bidding farewell or seeing someone off.
How do I name a farewell function?
That is a compound built on the same root, and it is not listed in this entry; the verb യാത്രയാക്കുക (yaathrayaakkuka) is what you have to work with here.