Lifetime in Malayalam
ജീവിതകാലം (jeevithakaalam) is a lifetime, built transparently from jeevitham, life, and kaalam, time. It is used of the span of a person's life, as in a lifetime of work.
Most common translation
Lifetime, time of life, life till death.
അദ്ദേഹം ജീവിതകാലം മുഴുവന് അധ്യാപകനായിരുന്നു.
adheham jeevithakaalam muzhuvan adhyapakanayirunnu.
He was a teacher his whole life.
Dictionary entry
- ജീവിതകാലം (jeevithakaalam) — Lifetime, time of life, life till death.
The word names the period itself, so it fits during his lifetime and once in a lifetime rather than the idea of living a life.
Common questions
How do you say lifetime in Malayalam?
ജീവിതകാലം (jeevithakaalam), the span of a life.
How would you say in his lifetime?
Use jeevithakaalam with the possessive, since the word already means the whole span of a life.