Leave in Malayalam
When leave means to go away from a place, Malayalam says വിട്ടുപോവുക (vittupovuka). For leave from work or school the word is quite separate: അവധി (avadhi), a holiday or a day off. Both are heard every day in Kerala.
Most common translation
Leave, depart.
അവൻ നാളെ നാട് വിട്ടുപോവുന്നു.
avan naale naadu vittupovunnu.
He is leaving the village tomorrow.
All Malayalam words for “leave”
- വിട്ടുപോവുക (vittupovuka) — Leave, depart.
- വിട്ടുകൊടുക്കുക (vittukodukkuka) — Leave, surrender, yield, concede, remit, hand over rights to another.
- നിര്ഗ്ഗമിക്കുക (nirggamikkuka) — Go out, leave, depart, set out.
- പോകുക (pokuka) — Go, leave, depart, disappear, lose, be able.
- അവധി (avadhi) — Holiday; a day off from work or school, leave.
- ത്യജിക്ക (thyajikka) — Abandon, forsake, leave, sacrifice.
- വിടുതി (viduthi) — Rented house, house where one stays as a paying guest, boarding, remission, leave, release, pardon.
- അനുവദിക്കുക (anuvadikkuka) — To let, to allow, to permit someone to do something; to allow, to permit, to let someone do something; allows; permits someone to do something, lets a thing happen, gives permission; allowing; permitting, giving leave to do something, not stopping someone.
- അവശേഷിക്കുക (avasheshikkuka) — Leave behind, remain.
- പിന്നിടുക (pinniduka) — Overtake, leave behind.
- മറക്കുക (marakkuka) — To forget, to fail to remember, to leave behind by mistake; forgot; the past form of forget, to have failed to remember or to have left behind.
- യാത്രചൊല്ലുക (yaathracholluka) — Bid farewell, bid goodbye, take leave of.
- വിടകൊള്ളൂക (vidakolluka) — Bid farewell, take leave of, go back.
- വിടവാങ്ങുക (vidavaanguka) — Take leave.
- വിടുക (viduka) — Let go, leave off, give up, renounce, forget, send, deliver, free.
vittupovuka and pokuka describe departing, nirggamikkuka is a formal going out, vittukodukkuka is to concede or hand over, thyajikka is to abandon, and avadhi is leave in the sense of time off.
Common questions
How do you say leave in Malayalam?
വിട്ടുപോവുക (vittupovuka) when it means leaving a place.
How do you ask for leave from work?
Use അവധി (avadhi), the word for leave or a day off.