Urge in Malayalam
This entry has no noun for an urge, the inner push to do something. ചോദിക്കുക (chodikkuka) is the verb to ask and, by extension, to press or urge someone to act, which is the other English sense. For an urge or impulse Malayalam uses nouns about desire and inner pressure, and they are not listed here.
Ask, request, incite, urge, demand.
അവൻ എന്നോട് വഴി ചോദിച്ചു.
avan ennodu vazhi chodichu.
He asked me the way.
All Malayalam words for “urge”
- ചോദിക്കുക (chodikkuka) — Ask, request, incite, urge, demand.
- ഉദ്ഗമം (udgamam) — Upward urge.
- പ്രചോദനം ലഭിച്ച (prachodanam labhicha) — Inspired; filled with the urge to do something good, encouraged by an example.
ഉദ്ഗമം (udgamam) is a narrow technical phrase for an upward surge, and പ്രചോദനം ലഭിച്ച (prachodanam labhicha) describes a person who has been inspired.
Common questions
How do you say urge in Malayalam?
To urge someone is ചോദിക്കുക (chodikkuka); the noun for an inner urge is not in this entry.
Does chodikkuka only mean to ask?
Its core sense is asking or demanding, and urging grows out of that, so tone and context supply the pressure.