Return in Malayalam
To return, in the sense of going back, is തിരിച്ചുപോകുക (thirichupokuka) in Malayalam, built from the word for turning round and the verb to go. It is what you say about going home, going back to a village or returning to an old job.
തിരിച്ചുപോകുക (thirichupokuka)
Go back, return.
അവധി കഴിഞ്ഞ് അവൻ നഗരത്തിലേക്ക് തിരിച്ചുപോയി
avadhi kazhinju avan nagarathilekku thirichupoyi
After the holidays, he went back to the city.
All Malayalam words for “return”
- തിരിച്ചുപോകുക (thirichupokuka) — Go back, return.
- പരാവര്ത്തനം (paravarthanam) — Return, paraphrase, prose rendering of poetry.
- പിന്തിരിയുക (pinthiriyuka) — Return, go back, refrain from, retrace.
- മടങ്ങിപ്പോവുക (madangippovuka) — Return, go back.
- പ്രതിഗമിക്കുക (prathigamikkuka) — Come back, return.
- മടങ്ങുക (madanguka) — Bend, return, fail.
- ആഗമനം (agamanam) — Coming, profit, coming back, return.
- പിറന്നാൾ (pirannal) — Birthday; the yearly return of the day one was born.
- മടക്കയാത്ര (madakkayaathra) — Return journey.
- വീട്ടുക (veettuka) — Repay a debt, return (a service, etc.), end a penance or vow, revenge.
madangippovuka is a close twin of it and pinthiriyuka adds the sense of turning away or backing out, while paravarthanam and agamanam are nouns and prathigamikkuka is literary; returning an object to its owner takes a different verb, built on giving back.
Common questions
How do you say return in Malayalam?
Say തിരിച്ചുപോകുക (thirichupokuka) for going back somewhere.
Which word is used for giving something back?
Neither of these. Malayalam uses the verb for giving with the element for back, which is noted in the entry for returns.