Five in Malayalam
Five is അഞ്ച് (anchu), said an-chu, the numeral used in counting, prices and times. It stands before a noun as easily as it stands alone in a sum. Children learn it as one of the first numbers.
Most common translation
Five, the number 5.
എനിക്ക് അഞ്ച് മാങ്ങ വേണം.
enikku anchu maanga venam.
I want five mangoes.
All Malayalam words for “five”
- അഞ്ച് (anchu) — Five, the number 5.
- അഞ്ചാമത്തെ (anchaamathe) — Fifth; coming after the fourth in order, also one part out of five.
- ഇന്ദ്രിയ (indriya) — Pertaining to Indra, pertaining to the five senses.
- നിര്വ്വഹണം (nirvvahanam) — Consummation, accomplishment, the last of the five turning points in drama, denouement.
- ഭൂമി (bhoomi) — Earth, world, one of the five elements, floor, ground, country, land, countryside.
- വിരൽ (viral) — Finger, one of the five parts at the end of the hand, also a toe in common speech.
അഞ്ച് (anchu) is the number itself, അഞ്ചാമത്തെ (anchaamathe) is the ordinal fifth, and വിരൽ (viral), ഇന്ദ്രിയ (indriya) and ഭൂമി (bhoomi) appear only because their definitions mention sets of five.
Common questions
How do you say five in Malayalam?
Say അഞ്ച് (anchu).
How do you say fifth?
The ordinal is അഞ്ചാമത്തെ (anchaamathe).