Needs in Malayalam
Needs, as in a person needs something, is carried by വേണം (venam) in Malayalam. For the formal register there is also ആവശ്യമാണ് (aavashyamaanu), which states that something is required.
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.
എനിക്ക് ഒരു ചായ വേണം.
enikku oru chaaya venam.
I want a tea.
All Malayalam words for “needs”
- 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.
- ആ (aa) — The; Malayalam has no definite article, and the demonstrative aa, that, is used when the needs to be marked.
- ആവശ്യമാണ് (aavashyamaanu) — Requires. Needs something as necessary; calls for or demands it.
- ജീവിതാവശ്യങ്ങള് (jeevithaavashyangal) — Needs of life.
വേണം (venam) is the everyday verb, ആവശ്യമാണ് (aavashyamaanu) the formal one, and ജീവിതാവശ്യങ്ങള് (jeevithaavashyangal) is a noun, the needs of life.
Common questions
How do you say needs in Malayalam?
Use വേണം (venam) for the verb.
How do you say basic needs?
ജീവിതാവശ്യങ്ങള് (jeevithaavashyangal) covers the needs of life.