Please in Malayalam

ദയവായി (dayavaayi) is please, the polite word placed before a request. Malayalam leans on it less than English does, since politeness usually rides on the verb ending, but it is standard in writing and formal speech.

Most common translation

ദയവായി (dayavaayi)

Please, a polite word used when asking for something.

ദയവായി ഒരു ഗ്ലാസ് വെള്ളം തരൂ.

dayavaayi oru glaas vellam tharoo.

Please give me a glass of water.

All Malayalam words for “please”

preethippeduthuka, rasippikkuka and ranjikkuka are verbs meaning to gratify or give pleasure, which is a different sense of please altogether, and balikodukkuka is about offerings to the gods.

Common questions

How do you say please in Malayalam?

ദയവായി (dayavaayi), placed before a request.

Which word means to please someone?

പ്രീതിപ്പെടുത്തുക (preethippeduthuka) or രസിപ്പിക്കുക (rasippikkuka), to gratify or to give enjoyment.