Need in Malayalam

All Malayalam words for “need”

• ആവശ്യം (aavashyam) — Need, necessity, usefulness, purpose, advantage.
• വേണം (venam) — Want, to need, to wish for; Malayalam says enikku venam, I want; should, ought to, need to; on a verb the obligation is usually shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, should go; needs, requires, must have; Malayalam says venam, it is needed; wants, needs, would like to have; in Malayalam the person wanting takes the dative and the thing wanted is the subject; needed, required, wanted; Malayalam says venam, it is needed, and inflects it for tense as venamayirunnu for was needed; wanna, want to; Malayalam says venam for wanting something, as in enikku chaaya venam, I want tea.
• ആവശ്യമായിരിക്കുക (aavashyamaayirikkuka) — Require; to need something, to call for, to make necessary.
• ഉറക്കം വരുന്ന (urakkam varunna) — Sleepy, drowsy; feeling the need to sleep.
• കാര്യങ്ങൾ (kaaryangal) — Affairs, matters or business to be looked after, both private and public; matters; affairs, issues, things that need attention.
• ദാഹിക്കുന്ന (dahikkunna) — Thirsty; feeling the need to drink water.
• വിശക്കുന്ന (vishakkunna) — Hungry, in need of food (Malayalam normally says enikku vishakkunnu, hunger comes to me).
• വീട്ടുകാര്യം (veettukaaryam) — Domestic or family affair (a matter in which outsiders need not interfere).

ആവശ്യം (aavashyam) is the noun, വേണം (venam) and ആവശ്യമായിരിക്കുക (aavashyamaayirikkuka) are the verbs, and words like വിശക്കുന്ന (vishakkunna) and ദാഹിക്കുന്ന (dahikkunna) name particular needs, hunger and thirst.