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.

Most common translation

കാലം (kalam)

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”

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.