Time in Malayalam
കാലം (kalam) is the broad noun for time: a period, an age, a season, and grammatical tense. The rest of this entry is adverbs for particular moments, such as അപ്പോള് (appol) for then and അപ്പപ്പോള് (appappol) for from time to time. For time as a thing in itself, കാലം (kalam) is the word.
Pert, to time, pert.Yama (death personified), killing, black.
കാലം മാറിയപ്പോൾ നാടും മാറി.
kalam mariyappol nadum mari.
As times changed, the land changed too.
All Malayalam words for “time”
- കാലം (kalam) — Pert, to time, pert.Yama (death personified), killing, black.
- നേരം (neram) — Time, occasion, leisure.
- വേള (vela) — Time, occasion.
- സമയം (samayam) — Time; the hour shown by a clock, a period or an occasion.
- പഴുത് (pazhuth) — Hole, loophole, crevice, state of wastage, excuse, time, means of escape, chance.
- അടിയളവ് (adiyalavu) — A foot measure, measurement of time by foot measurement of shadow.
- അതേ സമയത്ത് (athe samayathu) — At the same time.
- അന്നുമിന്നും (annuminnum) — Then and now, at that time and today.
- അന്നേ (anne) — Even then, at that time itself.
- അന്ന് (annu) — That day, at that time itself.
- അപ്പപ്പോള് (appappol) — From time to time, now and then.
- അപ്പോള് (appol) — Then, at that time.
- അപ്രസ്തുത (aprasthutha) — Not pertinent to the topic or time, irrelevant.
- അരക്ഷണം (arakshanam) — Half a moment, a very short while or time.
- അല്പകാലം (alapakalam) — A short time, a short while.
- അസമയം (asamayam) — Unfavourable time, unreasonable time.
- അസ്ഥാനം (asthanam) — Wrong place or time.
- ആയുഷ്ക്കാലം (aayushkkaalam) — Life time.
- ആയുസ്സ് (aayuss) — Duration of life, life time, life, vital power.
- ആരംഭകാലം (aarambhakaalam) — Early days, time of beginning.
- ആവർത്തിക്കുക (aavarthikkuka) — To repeat, to say or do something again, to do a second time.
- ഇക്കാലം (ikkaalam) — All this time, all this period.
- ഇക്കുറി (ikkuri) — This time.
- ഇതിനകം (ithinakam) — Already, by now, by this time.
- ഇത്രത്തോളം (ithratholam) — To this extent, to this time, till now, so much as this.
- ഇപ്പോള് (ippol) — Now, at this time, at present.
- ഈയിടെ (eeyide) — Recently, at this time, one of these days.
- ഉച്ചകഴിഞ്ഞ് (uchakazhinju) — Afternoon; the time after noon, in the afternoon.
- എപ്പോള് (eppol) — When? at what time?.
- എപ്പോഴും (eppozhum) — At any time, always.
- എപ്പോഴെങ്കിലും (eppozhenkilum) — At any time, ever, or whenever.
- എപ്പോഴൊക്കെ (eppozhokke) — Whenever; at whatever time, every time that something happens.
- എപ്പോൾ (eppol) — When, at what time.
- ഒടുവിൽ (oduvil) — Eventually; in the end, after some time, finally.
- ഒരിക്കലും (orikkalum) — (with 'never') at any time, ever.
- ഒരുകാലത്ത് (orukaalath) — Long ago, once, once upon a time, at one time.
- ഒരുനാളും (orunalum) — At any time.
- ഒഴിവുസമയം (ozhivusamayam) — Leisure, spare time, half-time.
- കടന്നുപോകുക (kadannupokuka) — To pass, to go past, to pass by; of time, to go by; passing; going by, moving past, going away with time; also succeeding in an exam.
- കാലക്രമം (kaalakramam) — Time-order, rotation of seasons, graduality, order of periods, change from time to time.
- കാലക്രമേണ (kaalakramena) — By and by, gradually, in course of time.
- കാലത്ത് (kaalath) — In the morning, in time.
- കാലാകാലം (kalakalam) — Proper and improper time.
- കുത്തിയിരിക്കുക (kuthiyirikuka) — (idm.) idle away time, have no work to do, remain lazy.
- കൂടുതൽ നീളമുള്ള (kooduthal neelamulla) — Longer, greater in length or in time than something else.
- കൊയ്ത്തുകാലം (koythukaalam) — Harvest season, (fig.) time of plenty, prosperous, times, thriving, flourishing season.
- ക്ലാസിക് (klasik) — Classic; of lasting quality, time tested, recognised as a fine example.
- ക്ലോക്ക് (klokku) — Clock, a device that shows the time, a wall clock.
- ക്ഷാമകാലം (kshaamakaalam) — Time of famine.
- ഗ്രഹസ്ഥിതി (grahasthithi) — Planetary position at a particular time, relative positions of the nine planets.
- ചിരം (chiram) — Long time.
- ചുരുക്കമായ (churukkamaaya) — Brief, short, lasting or taking only a little time.
- ചെലവാക്കി (chelavaakki) — Spent, used up, of money or time; the past form of chelavaakkuka, to spend.
- ജന്മകാലം (janmakaalam) — Time of birth, life time.
- ജാതകഫലം (jaathakafalam) — Events in a person's life based on the planetary positions at the time of his birth (astro).
- ജീവിതകാലം (jeevithakaalam) — Lifetime, time of life, life till death.
- തക്ക സമയത്ത് (thakka samayath) — In time.
- തത്കാലം (thathkaalam) — Temporarily, for the time being; this or that time, the present time.
- താലം (thaalam) — Palmyra (fruit), plate, platter, beating time, bolt, palm of the hand.
- താല്ക്കാലിക (thaalkkalika) — Temporary, for the time being.
The dictionary line for കാലം (kalam) is run together with a separate classical entry about death personified and the colour black; the living everyday meaning is time, period or season.
Common questions
How do you say time in Malayalam?
കാലം (kalam) for time in general. A clock time or a specific occasion is expressed with other words, several of which appear in this entry.
How do you say at that time?
അപ്പോള് (appol) for then, അന്ന് (annu) for that day, and അതേ സമയത്ത് (athe samayathu) for at the same time.