Something in Malayalam

Something is എന്തെങ്കിലും (enthenkilum), built from the question word for what with an indefinite ending, and it serves for both something and anything. Kerala speech uses it constantly: say something, bring something, is there something wrong. Four syllables, run together fast.

Most common translation

എന്തെങ്കിലും (enthenkilum)

Anything, something.

എന്തെങ്കിലും കഴിക്കാൻ ഉണ്ടോ?

enthenkilum kazhikkan undo?

Is there anything to eat?

All Malayalam words for “something”

അല്പസ്വല്പം (alpaswalpam) means a little or some small quantity rather than an unspecified thing, and the other entries mention something only inside their definitions.

Common questions

How do you say something in Malayalam?

എന്തെങ്കിലും (enthenkilum), which covers both something and anything.

How does Malayalam separate something from anything?

It usually does not. The same word serves both, and the sentence being a question or a statement carries the difference.