Second in Malayalam
Second in order is രണ്ടാമത്തെ (randaamatthe), the ordinal built on the numeral two, and it stands before the noun: the second house, the second time. ദ്വിതീയ (dwitheeya) is the Sanskrit ordinal, kept for formal and ritual use.
Most common translation
Second, coming after the first; sekkandu is the unit of time.
രണ്ടാമത്തെ വീട് ഞങ്ങളുടേത് ആണ്.
randaamatthe veedu njangaludethu aanu.
The second house is ours.
All Malayalam words for “second”
- രണ്ടാമത്തെ (randaamatthe) — Second, coming after the first; sekkandu is the unit of time.
- ദ്വിതീയ (dwitheeya) — The second.
- ആവർത്തിക്കുക (aavarthikkuka) — To repeat, to say or do something again, to do a second time.
- ഉത്തരാര്ദ്ധം (utharaarddham) — The second half, the northern half, the upper part of the body.
- പുനരാലോചന (punaralochana) — Reconsideration, second thought.
- ഫെബ്രുവരി (phebruvari) — February, the second month of the year.
- മൂന്നാമത്തെ (moonnaamathe) — Third, third in order, coming after the second.
- യോർക്ക് (york) — York, an English city, and the second part of the place name New York.
- സെക്കൻഡ് (sekkandu) — Seconds, units of time; sixty seconds make one minute. Malayalam uses the same form for one second and many.
The time unit second is a separate borrowed word; utharaarddham is the second half of something, punaralochana is a second thought and aavarthikkuka is the verb to do something a second time.
Common questions
How do you say second in Malayalam?
രണ്ടാമത്തെ (randaamatthe) for second in order; the unit of time is the English word taken into Malayalam.
What is the formal word for second?
ദ്വിതീയ (dwitheeya), used in literary and ritual contexts.