Sleepy in Malayalam
Sleepy is ഉറക്കം വരുന്ന (urakkam varunna), literally sleep-coming, since Malayalam treats drowsiness as something that arrives rather than something you are. It is the everyday way to say a child is nodding off. The companion verb phrase ഉറക്കം വരിക (urakkam varika) means to feel sleepy.
ഉറക്കം വരുന്ന (urakkam varunna)
Sleepy, drowsy; feeling the need to sleep.
ഉറക്കം വരുന്ന കുട്ടിയെ അമ്മ കിടത്തി.
urakkam varunna kuttiye amma kidathi.
Mother put the sleepy child to bed.
All Malayalam words for “sleepy”
- ഉറക്കം വരുന്ന (urakkam varunna) — Sleepy, drowsy; feeling the need to sleep.
- ഉറക്കം വരിക (urakkam varika) — Feel sleepy.
Use the adjective before a noun and the verb phrase when you want to say that someone is getting sleepy; they are two forms of the same idea.
Common questions
How do you say sleepy in Malayalam?
ഉറക്കം വരുന്ന (urakkam varunna) as an adjective, or ഉറക്കം വരിക (urakkam varika) to say that sleep is coming on.
Why does the word contain a verb for coming?
Malayalam often expresses bodily states this way, as something that comes to a person rather than as a quality they possess.