Living in Malayalam
Living, in the sense of alive, is ജീവനുള്ള (jeevanulla) in Malayalam, said of anything that still has life in it. Livelihood, the living one earns, is a different word: പിഴപ്പ് (pizhappu). The two senses of the English word pull apart completely here.
Most common translation
Alive; living, not dead, still having life.
മീൻ ഇപ്പോഴും ജീവനുള്ളതാണ്.
meen ippozhum jeevanullathaanu.
The fish is still alive.
All Malayalam words for “living”
- ജീവനുള്ള (jeevanulla) — Alive; living, not dead, still having life.
- പിഴപ്പ് (pizhappu) — Livelihood, living, subsistence.
- അഗതി (agathi) — Destitute, living in poverty, impoverished.
- അയൽക്കാരൻ (ayalkkaaran) — Neighbour, a person living in the house next door or close by.
- കുടുംബങ്ങൾ (kudumbangal) — Families, households, groups of relatives living together; the plural of kudumbam.
- കോശം (kosham) — Cell; the smallest living unit of a body in biology; the word cell is also used for a battery cell and for a prison room.
- കോശങ്ങൾ (koshangal) — Cells; the tiny units that living bodies are made of; a battery cell is a sell and a prison cell is a thadavara muri.
- ചേതനം (chethanam) — Creature, living being, soul, knowledge, mind.
- ജനസംഖ്യ (janasamkhya) — Population, the number of people living in a place.
- ജീവനാംശം (jeevanamsham) — Money granted for living alimony.
- ജീവലോകം (jeevalokam) — World of living things, living beings in general.
- ജീവികൾ (jeevikal) — Beings, living creatures; human beings are manushya jeevikal.
- ജീവിച്ചു (jeevichu) — Lived; the past form of live, stayed alive or spent one's life; for living at a place Malayalam usually says thaamasichu.
- ജീവിതചര്യ (jeevithacharya) — Mode of living.
- ജീവിതച്ചെലവ് (jeevithachelav) — Cost of daily living.
- ജൈവ (jaiva) — Organic, grown without chemical fertilizers or pesticides; of living matter.
- പൊറുക്കുക (porukkuka) — Dwell, reside, earn a living, recover from illness; excuse pardon.
- പൊറുതികേട് (poruthiked) — Disgust, annoyance, dissatisfaction, difficulty in earning a living, domestic quarrel or worry.
- പ്രൊഫഷണൽ (prophashanal) — Professional, belonging to a trained occupation; done to a trained standard; pro, a professional, somebody who does something for a living or with expert skill.
- മരിച്ചു (marichu) — Died, passed away, stopped living; the past form of marikkuka.
- മീൻപിടുത്തക്കാരൻ (meenpiduthakkaran) — Fisherman; a person who catches fish for a living.
- വിപ്രവാസം (vipravaasam) — Living in exile, banishment.
- വീട്ടുകാർ (veettukaar) — Household, the people living together in one house, a family and its home.
- സമൂഹങ്ങൾ (samoohangal) — Communities; groups of people living together or sharing the same background.
- സാമൂഹിക (saamoohika) — Social, relating to society, to people living together or to community life.
jeevanulla means alive, pizhappu means livelihood or subsistence, and the remaining options describe particular people, such as a neighbour living nearby or families living together.
Common questions
How do you say living in Malayalam?
ജീവനുള്ള (jeevanulla) when it means alive.
How do you say to earn a living?
The noun for livelihood is പിഴപ്പ് (pizhappu).