Teach in Malayalam
പഠിപ്പിക്കുക (padippikkuka) is the everyday verb to teach: a teacher taking a class, a parent teaching a child to read. It is the causative of the verb to study, so it literally means to make somebody learn.
Most common translation
Taught; the past of teach, gave lessons to someone, instructed, trained.
അമ്മ എന്നെ നീന്താൻ പഠിപ്പിച്ചു.
amma enne neenthaan padippichu.
Mother taught me to swim.
All Malayalam words for “teach”
- പഠിപ്പിക്കുക (padippikkuka) — Taught; the past of teach, gave lessons to someone, instructed, trained.
- അഭ്യസിപ്പിക്കുക (abhyasippikkuka) — Teach, instruct.
- കണ്ണു തുറപ്പിക്കുക (kannu thurappikkuka) — Teach, impart knowledge.
- അധ്യാപകർ (adhyapakar) — Teachers; those who teach in a school or college, instructors.
- എഴുതിക്കുക (ezhuthikkuka) — Cause to write, teach writing, make one write.
അഭ്യസിപ്പിക്കുക (abhyasippikkuka) is formal and leans towards training and drilling, അധ്യാപകർ (adhyapakar) is the noun teachers, and കണ്ണു തുറപ്പിക്കുക (kannu thurappikkuka) is an idiom about opening somebody's eyes.
Common questions
How do you say teach in Malayalam?
പഠിപ്പിക്കുക (padippikkuka).
Why does the word look like the verb for study?
Because it is that verb with a causative piece added, so teaching is making somebody study.