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
Anything, something.
എന്തെങ്കിലും കഴിക്കാൻ ഉണ്ടോ?
enthenkilum kazhikkan undo?
Is there anything to eat?
All Malayalam words for “something”
- എന്തെങ്കിലും (enthenkilum) — Anything, something.
- വല്ലതും (vallathum) — Something, anything.
- അല്പസ്വല്പം (alpaswalpam) — A little, some, something.
- അടയാളങ്ങൾ (adayaalangal) — Signs; marks or symbols, boards that give directions, indications that something is happening.
- അടിഭാഗം (adibhaagam) — Bottom, the lowest part of something, the underside.
- അടിസ്ഥാന (adisthaana) — Basic, fundamental, forming the base of something.
- അടിസ്ഥാനമാക്കിയ (adisthaanamaakkiya) — Based, founded on, resting on something as its basis.
- അത്ഭുതപ്പെടുക (athbhuthappeduka) — Surprised; felt wonder or astonishment at something unexpected, was taken aback.
- അനുവദിക്കുക (anuvadikkuka) — To let, to allow, to permit someone to do something; to allow, to permit, to let someone do something; allows; permits someone to do something, lets a thing happen, gives permission; allowing; permitting, giving leave to do something, not stopping someone.
- അനുവദിച്ചു (anuvadichu) — Allowed, permitted, let someone do something; past form of to allow; granted, allowed, gave permission or sanction for; the past form of anuvadikkuka.
- അഭിപ്രായങ്ങൾ (abhipraayangal) — Comments; remarks or opinions expressed about something, notes written under a post; views, opinions or what a person thinks about a matter. For scenery Malayalam says kaazhchakal, and for video views the English loan vyoos.
- അഭിമാനമുള്ള (abhimaanamulla) — Proud; feeling pleased satisfaction at something of one's own, full of self respect.
- അറിഞ്ഞു (arinju) — Knew, came to know, found out; the past form of ariyuka. For already having known something, Malayalam says ariyaamaayirunnu.
- അറിയുക (ariyuka) — Know, to have knowledge of something; to be aware of a fact or person.
- അറിയുന്ന (ariyunna) — Knowing; being aware of something, having knowledge of it; ariyuka is to know.
- അറിവുള്ള (arivulla) — Aware; knowing about something, conscious of it; in speech Malayalam usually puts it as enikku ariyaam.
- അവസരങ്ങൾ (avasarangal) — Opportunities, chances, favourable occasions for doing something.
- അർഹിക്കുക (arhikkuka) — Deserve, be worthy of, have earned something good or bad.
- ആവശ്യമാണ് (aavashyamaanu) — Requires. Needs something as necessary; calls for or demands it.
- ആവശ്യമായ (aavashyamaaya) — Required, necessary, needed; necessary; needed, required, essential for something.
- ആവശ്യമായിരിക്കുക (aavashyamaayirikkuka) — Require; to need something, to call for, to make necessary.
- ആവർത്തിക്കുക (aavarthikkuka) — To repeat, to say or do something again, to do a second time.
- ആശങ്കയുള്ള (aashankayulla) — Concerned; worried or anxious about something; concerned in the sense of connected is bandhappetta.
- ഇല്ല (illa) — Dont; a spelling of do not; illa makes a statement negative, while aruthu and venda tell someone not to do something.
- ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുക (ishtappeduka) — Like, to find something pleasing; to be fond of a thing or person.
- ഇഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു (ishtappettu) — Liked; the past of ishtappeduka, to like something or find it pleasing.
- ഉടമകൾ (udamakal) — Owners. The people who own something such as a house, shop or vehicle.
- ഉത്പാദിപ്പിക്കുക (uthpaadippikkuka) — Produce; to make or manufacture something, to grow a crop, to yield.
- ഉദാഹരണങ്ങൾ (udaaharanangal) — Examples; instances given to explain or illustrate something, samples.
- ഉപയോക്താവ് (upayokthaavu) — User; a person who uses something such as an app, a service or a device.
- ഉപയോഗങ്ങൾ (upayogangal) — Uses; the ways in which something can be used, its applications or benefits.
- ഉപരിതലം (uparithalam) — Surface, the outer or top layer of something; the face of water, land or an object.
- ഉരുളുക (uruluka) — Roll; to turn over and over while moving, as a ball or a stone; to roll something up is churuttuka.
- ഉറവിടങ്ങൾ (uravidangal) — Sources, the places or people something comes from; the origins of water, news or information.
- ഉള്ളടക്കം (ulladakkam) — Content, what is inside something, the matter in a book, video or message.
- ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുക (ulkkolluka) — Contains; to hold or have something inside, to include; everyday speech often just says undu or adangiyirikkunnu.
- ഉൾപ്പെട്ട (ulppetta) — Involved, included in or taking part in something; mixed up in a matter.
- എടുത്തു (eduthu) — Took, picked up, carried; past tense of edukkuka, to take; picked; took up with the hand, lifted. Also chose or selected something.
- എപ്പോഴൊക്കെ (eppozhokke) — Whenever; at whatever time, every time that something happens.
- ഒറിജിനൽ (orijinal) — Original, genuine, not a copy; the first or authentic version of something.
- ഒളിപ്പിക്കുക (olippikkuka) — Keep something out of sight, conceal.
- ഓടിക്കുക (odikkuka) — To drive, to operate a vehicle; also to make something move along.
- ഓപ്പറേഷൻ (oppareshan) — Operation, a surgical operation in hospital; also the running or working of something.
- ഓഫ് (of) — Off, switched off, not running; used with cheyyuka to turn something off, as in laittu of cheyyuka.
- ഓർക്കുക (orkkuka) — Remember, keep in mind, recall something.
- കണ്ടുപിടിച്ചു (kandupidichu) — Discovered; the past of kandupidikkuka, to find out, to come upon something not known before.
- കണ്ടെത്തുക (kandethuka) — To find, to discover, to locate something that was lost or hidden; finding, discovering or locating something; getting hold of what was lost or searched for.
- കണ്ടെത്തുന്നു (kandethunnu) — Finds, discovers, locates something looked for; the present form of kandethuka.
- കമ്മിറ്റി (kammitti) — Committee, a group chosen to manage or decide something.
- കമ്മീഷൻ (kammeeshan) — Commission, the share of money paid to an agent for a deal; also an official body appointed to look into something.
- കഴിയാത്ത (kazhiyaatha) — Unable, not able to do something; in a sentence Malayalam usually says kazhiyilla, cannot.
- കഴിവുള്ള (kazhivulla) — Capable, having the skill or ability to do something, competent.
- കവറേജ് (kavarej) — Coverage; the extent to which something is reported, included or reached, as of news, insurance or a mobile network; the English word is used in Malayalam.
- കഷണങ്ങൾ (kashanangal) — Pieces; bits or parts cut or broken off something.
- കാണിക്കുക (kaanikkuka) — Showed, past of show; displayed something to someone, pointed it out or demonstrated it.
- കാണിക്കുന്നത് (kaanikkunnathu) — Showing; the act of showing or displaying something to others.
- കാണിക്കുന്നു (kaanikkunnu) — Shows, displays, points something out to somebody; television shows are called paripaadikal.
- കാരണങ്ങൾ (kaaranangal) — Reasons, causes, the grounds for doing or believing something; the plural of kaaranam; causes; the reasons why something happens, the things that bring about a result.
- കാൽ (kaal) — Quarter, one fourth of something, as in a quarter kilo or a quarter hour.
- കാൽഭാഗം (kalbhagam) — Quarter; one fourth of something. A three month period of the year is usually called kvartar.
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.