Units in Malayalam
Most common translation
Units; single measures or parts counted one by one, as units of electricity or units in a textbook; the formal word is ekakangal.
ഈ മാസം നൂറു യൂണിറ്റുകൾ വൈദ്യുതി ഉപയോഗിച്ചു.
ee maasam nooru yoonittukal vaidyuthi upayogichu.
We used a hundred units of electricity this month.
All Malayalam words for “units”
- യൂണിറ്റുകൾ (yoonittukal) — Units; single measures or parts counted one by one, as units of electricity or units in a textbook; the formal word is ekakangal.
- ആയിരങ്ങൾ (aayirangal) — Thousands; very many, counted in units of a thousand.
- കോശങ്ങൾ (koshangal) — Cells; the tiny units that living bodies are made of; a battery cell is a sell and a prison cell is a thadavara muri.
- മിനിറ്റ് (minittu) — Minutes, units of time of sixty seconds each; after a number Malayalam keeps the singular form minittu; minute, sixty seconds, a short while.
- വാക്കുകൾ (vaakkukal) — Words, single units of speech or writing; also what somebody has said.
- സെക്കൻഡ് (sekkandu) — Seconds, units of time; sixty seconds make one minute. Malayalam uses the same form for one second and many.