Singular in Malayalam

All Malayalam words for “singular”

• ഏകവചനം (ekavachanam) — A single word, the singular number.
• ആക്രമണങ്ങൾ (aakramanangal) — Attacks, assaults, violent moves against someone; the singular is aakramanam.
• ഇലകൾ (ilakal) — Leaves, the leaves of a plant or tree; the singular is ila.
• ഉപകരണങ്ങൾ (upakaranangal) — Instruments, tools or devices; also musical instruments; the singular is upakaranam.
• ദൈവങ്ങൾ (daivangal) — Gods, deities, divine beings that people worship; the singular is daivam.
• പടികൾ (padikal) — Stairs, steps leading up or down, a flight of steps; the singular is padi; steps; the stairs one climbs. The stages of a process are called nadapadikal.
• പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ (pravarthanangal) — Activities, the things being done, works and programmes carried out; the singular is pravarthanam; operations; the activities or working processes of an organisation; a surgical operation is called shasthrakriya.
• മണിക്കൂറുകൾ (manikkoorukal) — Hours, periods of sixty minutes (after a number Malayalam usually keeps manikkoor singular).
• മിനിറ്റ് (minittu) — Minutes, units of time of sixty seconds each; after a number Malayalam keeps the singular form minittu; minute, sixty seconds, a short while.
• രാജ്യങ്ങൾ (raajyangal) — Countries, nations, lands each with its own government; the singular is raajyam; nations; countries, independent states together with their peoples.
• വചനം (vachanam) — Word, speech, talk, proverb, wise saying, pronunciation; (gram.) singular or plural number.

So ilakal, daivangal and padikal are leaves, gods and steps rather than anything to do with the singular, and ekavachanam does not cover the other English sense of singular, meaning remarkable.