Seeking in Malayalam
തേട്ടം (thettam) is the noun for seeking or enquiring, and it also covers earning and acquisition, the getting as well as the looking. It is not common in modern speech and belongs mainly to older written Malayalam.
Most common translation
Seeking, enquiring, searching, earning, acquisition.
ഒരു നല്ല ജോലിയാണ് അവന്റെ തേട്ടം.
oru nalla joliyaanu avante thettam.
A good job is what he is seeking.
All Malayalam words for “seeking”
- തേട്ടം (thettam) — Seeking, enquiring, searching, earning, acquisition.
- നിരങ്ങല് (nirangal) — Crawling on the haunches, going from house to house seeking help, crawling.
- നിരങ്ങുക (niranguka) — Crawl, go from house to house seeking help.
niranguka and nirangal describe going from house to house asking for help, a very specific kind of seeking, so they do not translate the general idea.
Common questions
How do you say seeking in Malayalam?
തേട്ടം (thettam) for seeking or enquiring as a noun.
What do nirangal and niranguka mean?
They describe crawling, and by extension going from door to door seeking help.