Mean in Malayalam
To mean something in Malayalam is അര്ത്ഥമാക്കുക (arthamakkuka), to signify or to intend by one's words. It is the verb for asking what a sentence means. For meaning in the sense of thinking or intending, നിനയ്ക്കുക (ninaykkuka) also works.
Most common translation
Mean, signify.
നീ എന്താണ് അര്ത്ഥമാക്കുന്നത്?
nee enthaanu arthamaakkunnathu?
What do you mean?
All Malayalam words for “mean”
- അര്ത്ഥമാക്കുക (arthamakkuka) — Mean, signify.
- നിനയുക (ninayuka) — Think, reflect, mean.
- നിനയ്ക്കുക (ninaykkuka) — Think, remember, reflect, mean.
- അതിനീചം (athineecham) — Mean or wicked, the lowliest thing.
- ചക്ക (chakk) — Jackfruit, wild jackfruit, pineapple; (fig) a mean or despicable action, a trifling thing.
- ചുവപ്പ് (chuvappu) — Red, the colour red; also used before a noun to mean red.
- നക്കി (nakki) — One who licks, a mean beggar, ungrateful fellow.
- മൂന്ന് (moonnu) — Three, the number 3; three, written as the Roman numeral III; also placed after a name to mean the third.
- ശരാശരി (sharaasari) — Average, the mean value; also ordinary or middling.
- ശരി (shari) — Right, correct, true; also used by itself to mean all right; okay, all right, fine; also correct.
അര്ത്ഥമാക്കുക (arthamakkuka) is about signification, നിനയുക (ninayuka) and നിനയ്ക്കുക (ninaykkuka) about thinking and intending, while നക്കി (nakki), ചക്ക (chakk), ചുവപ്പ് (chuvappu) and മൂന്ന് (moonnu) are unrelated, listed because the word mean appears in their notes.
Common questions
How do you say mean in Malayalam?
Use അര്ത്ഥമാക്കുക (arthamakkuka).
Which verb covers meaning as intending?
നിനയ്ക്കുക (ninaykkuka), to think or have in mind.