Urgency in Malayalam
അത്യാവശ്യം (athyavashyam) is urgency in the sense of pressing necessity, something that cannot be put off. It doubles as an adjective for essential and as a noun for the essential thing itself. The glide after the first syllable gives the word its shape.
Most common translation
Urgency, indispensable, an essential thing, urgent necessity.
ഇത് ഇന്ന് തന്നെ വേണം അത്യാവശ്യം ആണ്.
ithu innu thanne venam athyavashyam aanu.
This is needed today itself it is urgent.
All Malayalam words for “urgency”
- അത്യാവശ്യം (athyavashyam) — Urgency, indispensable, an essential thing, urgent necessity.
- അടിയന്തിരം (adiyanthiram) — Urgency, urgent matter, religious ceremony that must be observed, celebration or festival, emergency.
അടിയന്തിരം (adiyanthiram) leans toward emergency and, in Kerala, also names a memorial ceremony that has to be observed, so it is the less neutral choice for abstract urgency.
Common questions
How do you say urgency in Malayalam?
Urgency is അത്യാവശ്യം (athyavashyam).
Does athyavashyam mean essential?
Yes, both. It names what is indispensable and the urgency of needing it.