Many in Malayalam
Many is അനേകം (anekam) in Malayalam, used before a noun for a large number of things. It has a slightly formal ring, suiting written Malayalam and careful speech. In conversation people often prefer the looser words for a lot.
Most common translation
Many, a number of.
മേളയിൽ അനേകം ആളുകൾ എത്തി.
melayil anekam aalukal ethi.
Many people came to the fair.
All Malayalam words for “many”
- അനേകം (anekam) — Many, a number of.
- ഏറെ (eare) — Much, many, very much, much more.
- ഒരുപാട് (orupad) — Much, many, a lot of.
- ഏറിയ (eriya) — Increased, much, many.
- അക്ഷൌഹിണി (akshouhini) — A large army having 21870 elephants, as many chariots, 65610 horses and 109350 infantrymen.
- അതിഗുണ (athiguna) — Having many special qualities.
- അത്ര (athra) — So much, so many.
- ആയിരങ്ങൾ (aayirangal) — Thousands; very many, counted in units of a thousand.
- ഇത്ര (ithra) — This much, so much, so many.
- എണ്ണുക (ennuka) — Count, to say the numbers in order or to find out how many there are; to reckon up.
- എത്ര (ethra) — How much, how many, interj. excessively, very much.
- ഒട്ടേറെ (ottere) — Very much, very many.
- ഒന്നിലധികം (onniladhikam) — Multiple, more than one, several, many of the same kind.
- ജനപ്രിയ (janapriya) — Popular, liked by many people, in wide favour.
- നഗരങ്ങൾ (nagarangal) — Cities, large towns with many people, shops and offices.
- പല (pala) — Several, more than two but not many, various.
- പഴുതാര (pazhuthara) — A small poisonous crawling creature with many legs, centipede.
- ബസ് (basu) — Bus, a large road vehicle that carries many passengers.
- സങ്കീർണമായ (sankeernamaaya) — Complex, complicated, involved; made of many parts that are tangled together.
- സെക്കൻഡ് (sekkandu) — Seconds, units of time; sixty seconds make one minute. Malayalam uses the same form for one second and many.
anekam counts a number of items, eare and orupad mean much or a lot and are more colloquial, and athra means so much or so many in comparisons.
Common questions
How do you say many in Malayalam?
Use അനേകം (anekam).
Which word do people say in conversation?
ഒരുപാട് (orupad) is the common spoken choice for a lot or plenty.