Noun in Malayalam
None of the items in this entry is the grammatical term noun. They are ordinary words whose definitions happen to explain how they sit before or after a noun, among them അധിക (adhika), additional, and ഈ (ee), this. For the part of speech itself you will need a grammar term that is not listed here.
Additional, extra, further (used before a noun).
അധിക ചെലവ് ഒഴിവാക്കണം.
adhika chelavu ozhivaakkanam
Additional expense should be avoided.
All Malayalam words for “noun”
- അധിക (adhika) — Additional, extra, further (used before a noun).
- അനുസരിച്ച് (anusarichu) — According to, in keeping with (used as a postposition after the noun).
- അഴിമതിക്കാരൻ (azhimathikkaaran) — Corrupt, a corrupt person, one who takes bribes; the noun azhimathi means corruption.
- അവ്യയീഭാവം (Avyayeebhavam) — Relation between noun and adverb.
- ഇടയിൽ (idayil) — Between, in the middle of two things or people (used as a postposition after the noun).
- ഈ (ee) — This, this one here; ee stands before a noun and ithu is used when it stands alone.
- ഉൾപ്പെടെ (ulppede) — Including, along with (used as a postposition after the noun).
- എടുത്ത (edutha) — Taken, picked up or carried away; the past participle of edukkuka, used before a noun.
- എതിരെ (ethire) — Against, in opposition to, facing (used after the noun, as in enikkethire).
- എതിർ (ethir) — Anti-, against, opposed to (used in Malayalam as the prefix ethir- or with ethire after the noun).
- എല്ലാ (ellaa) — Every, each, all; the noun then takes the suffix um, as in ellaa divasavum, every day.
- ഒന്ന് (onnu) — One, the number 1; oru is used before a noun, as in oru pusthakam, one book.
- കൂടെ (koode) — With, along with, in the company of; placed after the noun, as in ente koode, with me.
- ക്രിയാനാമം (kriyaanaamam) — Gerund, verbal noun.
- ചുവപ്പ് (chuvappu) — Red, the colour red; also used before a noun to mean red.
- താഴെ (thaazhe) — Down, below, at or towards a lower place; under, below, beneath; placed after the noun, as in mesayude thaazhe, under the table; below, under, beneath (used after the noun, as in meshayude thaazhe, below the table).
- നാമം (naamam) — Name, sectarian mark of Vaishnavas (gram.)noun.
- നിന്ന് (ninnu) — From, out of; used after the noun in the form il ninnu, as in kadayil ninnu, from the shop.
- നേക്കാൾ (nekkaal) — Than; joined to the noun as nekkaal in comparisons, as in ithinekkaal, than this.
- നേരെ (nere) — Toward; in the direction of, facing. Malayalam usually shows this with the ending lekku added to the noun.
- പരിസ്ഥിതി (paristhithi) — Environmental, relating to the environment; Malayalam places paristhithi before the noun, as in paristhithi prashnam, environmental problem.
- പിന്നിൽ (pinnil) — Behind, at the back of (used as a postposition after the noun, as in veedinu pinnil).
- ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുള്ള (buddhimuttulla) — Difficult, hard, not easy to do; the noun buddhimuttu means difficulty.
- മാറുന്ന (maarunna) — Becoming, turning into, growing to be (present participle of maaruka, to change); changing; becoming different, in the middle of a change; the noun change is maattam.
- മുഴുവൻ (muzhuvan) — Throughout, all through, during or over the whole of something; used after the noun, as in divasam muzhuvan.
- മൂലം (moolam) — Due, as in due to, because of, on account of (used as a postposition after the noun).
- മേലേക്ക് (melekku) — Onto; up on to the top or surface of something, also said with the suffix lekku after the noun.
- മേൽ (mel) — Upon, on, on top of; in Malayalam it comes after the noun, as mesha mel, upon the table; upper; the one above, higher in position. It is normally joined to the noun that follows.
- ലേക്ക് (lekku) — Towards, to (added to the noun as the suffix -lekku, as in veettilekku, towards the house).
- വാങ്ങുക (vaanguka) — Purchase; to buy something for money, to acquire by paying; the noun sense is vaangal, a buying.
- വാണിജ്യപരമായ (vaanijyaparamaaya) — Commercial, to do with trade or business, done for profit; as a noun it also means a radio or television advertisement.
- വിദ്യാഭ്യാസപരം (vidyaabhyaasaparam) — Educational, relating to education or teaching; before a noun the short form vidyaabhyaasa is used.
- ശേഷം (sesham) — After, following, once something is over (used as a postposition after the noun or verb).
- സംസാരിക്കുന്നു (samsaarikkunnu) — Talks, speaks, converses; as a noun, formal discussions are charchakal.
- സമയത്ത് (samayathu) — During, at the time of, in the course of (used after the noun, as in pareeksha samayathu); while, during the time that; Malayalam also uses the verb ending umpol, as in kazhikkumpol, while eating.
അധിക and ഈ stand before a noun, while അനുസരിച്ച്, ഇടയിൽ and ഉൾപ്പെടെ follow one as postpositions; അവ്യയീഭാവം names a relation between noun and adverb.
Common questions
How do you say noun in Malayalam?
This entry gives no word for noun; its items are words described in relation to nouns, such as അധിക (adhika).
Which of these come after the noun?
അനുസരിച്ച് (anusarichu), ഇടയിൽ (idayil) and ഉൾപ്പെടെ (ulppede) are all postpositions.