Life in Malayalam

Life as the vital spark in a body is ഉയിര്‍ (uyir), a short native word also used for vigour. It is the life that can be lost or saved rather than life as a career or a span of years. Two syllables, u-yir.

Most common translation

ഉയിര്‍ (uyir)

Life, vigour, vowel.

ഉയിരുള്ള കാലത്തോളം ഞാൻ അധ്വാനിക്കും.

uyirulla kalatholam njan adhwanikkum.

As long as I have life, I will work hard.

All Malayalam words for “life”

ഉയിര്‍ (uyir) and പ്രാണന്‍ (praanan) are life as breath and vital force, ചൈതന്യം (chaithanyam) and ചേതന (chethana) life as consciousness and liveliness, and ആയുസ്സ് (aayuss) the length of a lifetime.

Common questions

How do you say life in Malayalam?

ഉയിര്‍ (uyir) for life as the vital spark, or പ്രാണന്‍ (praanan) for life as breath.

How do I say lifespan?

ആയുസ്സ് (aayuss), the duration of a life.