Neither in Malayalam
Neither is രണ്ടും അല്ല (randum alla), literally not either of the two. Malayalam can also build the same sense by adding um to each item and keeping the verb negative.
Most common translation
Neither; not one and not the other of two; Malayalam says randum alla or adds um to each item with a negative verb.
രണ്ടും അല്ല എനിക്ക് വേറെ വേണം.
randum alla enikku vere venam.
Neither one; I want a different one.
All Malayalam words for “neither”
- രണ്ടും അല്ല (randum alla) — Neither; not one and not the other of two; Malayalam says randum alla or adds um to each item with a negative verb.
- ഇടത്തരം (idathram) — Mediocre, middle class, of the average type, neither superior nor inferior.
- പുലിവാല് (pulival) — Tiger's tail; (idm.) a difficulty which one can neither avoid nor face (like holding a tiger by its tail around a tree).
- പോട (poda) — One who is neither male nor female, hermaphrodite, female servant, heron.
രണ്ടും അല്ല (randum alla) is the direct expression, while ഇടത്തരം (idathram) means middling, neither superior nor inferior, and so uses the idea only in passing.
Common questions
How do you say neither in Malayalam?
Say രണ്ടും അല്ല (randum alla).
How do you say neither good nor bad?
ഇടത്തരം (idathram) describes something middling in exactly that way.