Substitute in Malayalam
പകരം (pakaram) is noun and adverb at once: a substitute, a thing given in place of another, instead of. The verb to substitute is പകരംവയ്ക്കുക (pakaramvaykkuka), literally to put in place of, and a replacement player is a പകരക്കാരൻ (pakarakkaaran).
Most common translation
Substitute, exchange, retaliation.
ചായയ്ക്ക് പകരം പാൽ കുടിച്ചു.
chaayaykku pakaram paal kudichu.
I drank milk instead of tea.
All Malayalam words for “substitute”
- പകരം (pakaram) — Substitute, exchange, retaliation.
- പകരംവയ്ക്കുക (pakaramvaykkuka) — Substitute, replace.
- ബതല് (bathal) — Substitute, reply.
- ബദല് (badhal) — Substitute.
- മാറ്റുക (maattuka) — Remove, change sth. or sb., substitute, alleviate, keep sth. away.
- പകരക്കാരൻ (pakarakkaaran) — Sub. A substitute, especially a player who comes on in place of another; short for substitute.
- ബദൽ (badal) — Alternative, another option, a substitute used in place of something else.
ബദൽ (badal) and its spelling variants are borrowed and turn up in political and legal talk for an alternative, while മാറ്റുക (maattuka) means to change or remove rather than to stand in for.
Common questions
How do you say substitute in Malayalam?
പകരം (pakaram) for the noun, പകരംവയ്ക്കുക (pakaramvaykkuka) for the verb.
What do you call a substitute in a football match?
പകരക്കാരൻ (pakarakkaaran), the player who comes on in place of another.