Future in Malayalam
Time still to come is വരുംകാലം (varumkaalam), literally the coming days, and it reads naturally in both speech and print. The more Sanskritic ഭാവ്യം (bhaavyam) means what is to happen. Grammatically, future meaning is often carried by the verb ending itself.
Most common translation
Future, coming days.
വരുംകാലം നല്ലതാകട്ടെ എന്ന് ആശംസിച്ചു.
varumkaalam nallathaakatte ennu aashamsichu.
They wished that the coming days be good.
All Malayalam words for “future”
- വരുംകാലം (varumkaalam) — Future, coming days.
- ഭാവ്യം (bhaavyam) — The future, what is to be performed, what has necessarily to happen.
- ആം (aam) — Shall; Malayalam has no separate word for shall, the sense is carried by the verb ending -aam for offers and suggestions (namukku pokaam, shall we go) and by the future ending -um.
- ആയിരിക്കും (aayirikkum) — Would, would be; shown in Malayalam with aayirikkum, it would be, or with the future ending um on the verb.
- കരുതുക (karuthuka) — Consider, regard, believe, guess, expect, provide for the future, take care.
- ത്രികാലം (thrikalam) — Three times, past, present and future tenses.
- പ്രശ്നക്കാരന് (prashnakkaaran) — Astrologer, one who enquires about the future on the basis of astrology, one who creates problem, problem maker.
- ഭവിഷ്യത്ത് (bhavishyath) — Future event, consequence in the future.
- ഭാവിതലമുറ (bhaavithalamura) — Future generation.
- ഭാവുകം (bhavukam) — Auspiciousness, prosperity, happy future, benediction.
- രേഖകൾ (rekhakal) — Records; written documents or entries kept for future reference, official papers; documents; official papers, records, certificates kept as proof.
- ശകുനം (shakunam) — An omen, the first object seen on setting out on a journey, indicative sign of good or evil happening in the future, bird.
- ഹിത (hitha) — Desired, pleasing, proper, fit, apt, auspicious, gone, causing future good.
varumkaalam and bhaavyam name the future as a time, ത്രികാലം (thrikalam) is the three tenses together, and ആയിരിക്കും (aayirikkum) shows futurity on the verb.
Common questions
How do you say future in Malayalam?
Future is വരുംകാലം (varumkaalam).
How is the future tense shown?
Often by the verb ending, as in ആയിരിക്കും (aayirikkum), it will be.