Support in Malayalam
പിന്താങ്ങുക (pinthanguka) is to back someone or something: a candidate, a demand, a friend in trouble. പിന്തുണയ്ക്കുക (pinthunaykkuka) is its near twin and leans towards giving active help.
Most common translation
Support, help, prop up.
എന്റെ തീരുമാനത്തെ അച്ഛൻ പിന്താങ്ങി.
ente theerumaanathe achan pinthaangi.
Father supported my decision.
All Malayalam words for “support”
- പിന്താങ്ങുക (pinthanguka) — Support, help, prop up.
- ഊന്നല് (oonnal) — Support, prop, moving a boat (barge) with a barge pole.
- ഊന്നുക (oonnuka) — Support, stress (a point), give importance, emphasize, use a pole to propel a boat (barge).
- താങ്ങല് (thaangal) — Support, carrying burden, help.
- താങ്ങ് (thaang) — Support, help, prop, stake.
- പിന്തുണയ്ക്കുക (pinthunaykkuka) — Support, help, assist.
- അനുകൂലിക്കുക (anukoolikkuka) — Favour, support, agree.
- ആലംബം (aalambam) — Basis, support, state of hanging down.
- ആസ്പദം (aaspadam) — Basis, support, authority.
- ഉതവി (uthavi) — Help, support.
- താങ്ങിക്കൊടുക്കുക (thaangikkodukkuka) — Help in lifting a load, support, help.
- താങ്ങിപ്പറയുക (thaangipparayuka) — Speak in support of, support.
- പുലര്ത്തല് (pularthal) — Protection, support, increase, maintaining.
- ആനുകൂല്യം (aanukoolyam) — Favour, concession, support.
- ഒത്താശ (othaasha) — Help, aid, support.
- തണല് (thanal) — Shade, (fig.) shelter, support.
- താങ്ങുക (thanguka) — Carry, bear, support, knock against a wound or sore and cause pain.
- തുണ (thuna) — Help, aid, support, escort, assistance.
- തുണയ്ക്കുക (thunaykkuka) — Help, aid, assist, protect, support.
- പുലര്ത്തുക (pularthuka) — Protect, cause increase, support, maintain.
- ഹസ്തം (hastham) — Hand, yardstick, support, signature.
- അനുഭാവം (anubhavam) — Sympathy, mental support, sharing the feelings of others, fellow feeling.
- താങ്ങിനിര്ത്തുക (thaanginirthuka) — Give support, prop up.
- ശുപാർശ ചെയ്യുക (shupaarsha cheyyuka) — Recommend, advise someone to take or use something, put forward a name in support.
- സഹായിച്ചു (sahaayichu) — Helped; the past form of help, gave help or support to someone.
Physical support is a different family of words: താങ്ങല് (thaangal) is bearing a weight and ഊന്നല് (oonnal) is a prop or pole, including the pole used to push a boat along.
Common questions
How do you say support in Malayalam?
For backing a person or a cause, പിന്താങ്ങുക (pinthanguka).
Which word fits a physical prop?
ഊന്നല് (oonnal) for the prop itself and താങ്ങല് (thaangal) for bearing the weight.