Hour in Malayalam
Sixty minutes is മണിക്കൂർ (manikkoor) in Malayalam, the plain word for an hour. It is what clocks, timetables and wage talk all use.
Most common translation
Hour; a period of sixty minutes.
ഞാൻ ഒരു മണിക്കൂർ കാത്തിരുന്നു.
njan oru manikkoor kathirunnu.
I waited for one hour.
All Malayalam words for “hour”
- മണിക്കൂർ (manikkoor) — Hour; a period of sixty minutes.
- മണിക്കൂര് (manikkoor) — Hour.
- ആസന്നകാലം (aasannakalam) — Hour of death, period of death.
- എടുക്കുക (edukkuka) — Take, to pick up, to take hold of, to get; takes, picks up, carries away; also requires, as in it takes an hour; to pick, to pick up, to take; also to choose.
- കാൽ (kaal) — Quarter, one fourth of something, as in a quarter kilo or a quarter hour.
- മണി (mani) — Bell, a bell rung in a school, temple or church; mani also means hour or clock.
- സമയം (samayam) — Time; the hour shown by a clock, a period or an occasion.
മണി (mani) is a bell but doubles as hour and clock in telling the time, കാൽ (kaal) is a quarter as in a quarter hour, and സമയം (samayam) is time in general rather than a measured hour.
Common questions
How do you say hour in Malayalam?
Use മണിക്കൂർ (manikkoor) for an hour of sixty minutes.
How is the clock hour given?
With മണി (mani), which serves for the hour struck on a clock.