Until in Malayalam
വരെ (vare) means until and up to, and it comes after the word it governs rather than before it. Attach it to a time or a place and the sentence is done, whether for until evening, up to the bridge or up to ten. It is short, unstressed and one of the most used particles in the language.
Until, up to, till (used as a postposition after the word it governs); till; up to a given time or point, until; the English word also means to plough land and the cash drawer in a shop.
വൈകുന്നേരം വരെ ഞാൻ ഇവിടെ കാത്തിരിക്കും.
vaikunneram vare njaan ivide kaathirikkum.
I will wait here until evening.
All Malayalam words for “until”
- വരെ (vare) — Until, up to, till (used as a postposition after the word it governs); till; up to a given time or point, until; the English word also means to plough land and the cash drawer in a shop.
- അതുവരെ (athuvare) — Until then, up to that.
- ആജിവം (ajivam) — Until death, lifelong, as long as one is alive.
അതുവരെ (athuvare) is the ready made until then, and ആജിവം (ajivam) is a formal compound meaning until death.
Common questions
How do you say until in Malayalam?
Until is വരെ (vare), placed after the word it applies to.
How do you say until then?
അതുവരെ (athuvare), one word made from that plus the same postposition.