Happening in Malayalam
Something going on right now is നടക്കുന്ന (nadakkunna), happening or taking place. The d is retroflex and soft, na-dak-kun-na, and the same form covers a meeting in progress or a festival under way.
Most common translation
Happening, taking place, going on at present.
ഇവിടെ എന്താണ് നടക്കുന്നത്?
ivide enthaanu nadakkunnathu?
What is happening here?
All Malayalam words for “happening”
- നടക്കുന്ന (nadakkunna) — Happening, taking place, going on at present.
- പ്രതിഭാസം (prathibhasam) — Semblance, phenomenon, view, happening, event.
- അടയാളങ്ങൾ (adayaalangal) — Signs; marks or symbols, boards that give directions, indications that something is happening.
- ആകസ്മികം (aakasmikam) — Accident, accidental happening.
- തടയുക (thadayuka) — To block, to stop or obstruct the way of something; prevent; to stop something from happening, to hinder or block it beforehand.
- തുടരുന്നു (thudarunnu) — Continues; goes on without stopping, keeps happening, carries on from before.
- പതിവായ (pathivaaya) — Regular, usual, happening again and again at the same time, habitual.
- യാദൃച്ഛികം (yaadruchikam) — Accident, accidental happening, unexpected event or happening.
- 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.
- സാധ്യതയുള്ള (saadhyathayulla) — Likely, probable, having a good chance of happening.
പതിവായ is for what happens again and again, സാധ്യതയുള്ള for what is likely to happen, and പ്രതിഭാസം names a happening as a phenomenon.
Common questions
How do you say happening in Malayalam?
നടക്കുന്ന (nadakkunna), happening or taking place.
What is the difference from the word for regular?
നടക്കുന്ന is what is going on at the moment, while പതിവായ (pathivaaya) describes something habitual that recurs.