Pertaining in Malayalam
Malayalam has no separate word for pertaining to. It builds an adjective out of the noun instead, usually with an -ika or -parama ending, as in കായിക (kayika), pertaining to the body. Say ka-yi-ka.
Most common translation
Pertaining to the body, bodily, physical.
കായിക പരിശീലനം കുട്ടികള്ക്ക് നല്ലതാണ്
kayika parisheelanam kuttikalkku nallathaanu
Physical training is good for children.
All Malayalam words for “pertaining”
- കായിക (kayika) — Pertaining to the body, bodily, physical.
- ആണവം (anavam) — Sth, pertaining to atom.
- ആദ്ധ്യാത്മിക (aaddhyaathmika) — Pertaining to the Supreme Soul, sacred, spiritual, metaphysical.
- ആസുര (asura) — Pertaining to asuras (demons), demoniacal, devilish, wicked.
- ഇന്ദ്രിയ (indriya) — Pertaining to Indra, pertaining to the five senses.
- ഒറ്റ (otta) — Single, solitary, one, pertaining to one.
- ജനിതക (janithaka) — Pertaining to genes, of genes.
- ദേവകര്മ്മം (devakarmmam) — Worship of God, things pertaining to God.
Every listed word follows that pattern: of genes, of the senses, of the soul. The English preposition itself disappears in translation.
Common questions
How do you say pertaining in Malayalam?
With an adjective formed from the noun rather than a word of its own, as with കായിക (kayika), pertaining to the body.
How would you say pertaining to genes?
ജനിതക (janithaka), formed from the word for gene with the same adjective ending.