Sleepless in Malayalam
Sleepless is ഉറക്കമില്ലാത്ത (urakkamillaatha), a transparent compound: the noun for sleep, a negative element and an adjective ending. It describes a person who cannot sleep and a night spent awake. Long on the page, but every piece of it is familiar to a speaker.
Most common translation
ഉറക്കമില്ലാത്ത (urakkamillaatha)
Sleepless.
ഇത് ഒരു ഉറക്കമില്ലാത്ത രാത്രിയായിരുന്നു.
ithu oru urakkamillaatha raathriyaayirunnu.
It was a sleepless night.
Dictionary entry
- ഉറക്കമില്ലാത്ത (urakkamillaatha) — Sleepless.
The word is an adjective and needs a noun after it, so a sleepless night is this word plus the word for night.
Common questions
How do you say sleepless in Malayalam?
ഉറക്കമില്ലാത്ത (urakkamillaatha), formed from the word for sleep with a negative ending.
Can it mean insomnia?
The condition itself is named with a noun built on the same root; this form is the adjective describing the person or the night.