Longing in Malayalam
Longing is ആകാംക്ഷ (aakamksha) in Malayalam, a strong desire shading into eagerness and anxiety. Letters and songs lean on it heavily. In plainer speech a craving is കൊതി (kothi), which fits food especially well.
Most common translation
Longing, strong desire, anxiety, eagerness.
ഫലം അറിയാന് എല്ലാവര്ക്കും ആകാംക്ഷയായി.
phalam ariyaan ellaavarkkum aakamkshayaayi.
Everyone was eager to know the result.
All Malayalam words for “longing”
- ആകാംക്ഷ (aakamksha) — Longing, strong desire, anxiety, eagerness.
- കമ്പം (kambam) — Strong desire, longing, craze (for sth), excessive zeal.
- കൊതി (kothi) — Greed, longing, covetousness.
- മനോഗതി (manogathi) — Attitude, longing, desire, opinion, wish.
- ആശ (asha) — Hope, wish, desire, longing.
- ഇച്ഛ (icha) — Wish, desire, will, longing.
- കൗതുകം (kouthukam) — Interest, curiosity, joy, longing, object of wonder or curiosity, sacred band tied on the hands of the couple during marriage.
- മനോരഥം (manoradham) — Wish, desire, longing, the topic one wishes, imagination.
- വിതുമ്പ് (vithumbu) — Cry, sobbing, longing, desire, shock.
- ആകാംക്ഷ്യ (aakaamkshya) — Worthy of longing, desirable.
- ആഗ്രഹം (aagraham) — Tightpulling, grasping, desire, wish, intense longing.
aakamksha is eager longing, kothi a hungry craving, asha and icha hope and wish, kambam an obsessive keenness, and kouthukam curiosity or delight.
Common questions
How do you say longing in Malayalam?
ആകാംക്ഷ (aakamksha).
Which word suits longing for food?
കൊതി (kothi), the word for a craving or greed.