Possession in Malayalam

കൈവശം (kaivasham) is possession in the plain sense of having something in hand, the phrase used in documents about who holds what. കയ്യടക്കുക (kayyadakkuka) is the verb for taking possession of something.

Most common translation

കൈവശം (kaivasham)

In hand, in possession.

എന്റെ കൈവശം കുറച്ച് പണമുണ്ട്.

ente kaivasham kurachu panamundu.

I have some money with me.

All Malayalam words for “possession”

baadha is possession by spirits, a separate sense, and bhooswath is landed property rather than possession as such.

Common questions

How do you say possession in Malayalam?

കൈവശം (kaivasham), in hand or in one's possession.

How do you say took possession of?

കയ്യടക്കുക (kayyadakkuka), to take possession or appropriate.