Urgent in Malayalam
For urgent, Malayalam uses അടിയന്തിരം (adiyanthiram), which in modern usage marks an urgent meeting, an urgent notice or an emergency. It stands behind the official language of emergencies in Kerala. The retroflex consonant near the start is made with the tongue curled back.
Urgency, urgent matter, religious ceremony that must be observed, celebration or festival, emergency.
വീട്ടില് ഒരു അടിയന്തിരം ഉള്ളതിനാല് അവന് നേരത്തെ പോയി.
veettil oru adiyanthiram ullathinaal avan nerathe poyi.
He left early because there is a function at home.
All Malayalam words for “urgent”
- അടിയന്തിരം (adiyanthiram) — Urgency, urgent matter, religious ceremony that must be observed, celebration or festival, emergency.
- അത്യാവശ്യം (athyavashyam) — Urgency, indispensable, an essential thing, urgent necessity.
The same word traditionally names a rite that must be performed, usually a memorial ceremony, so an older text may mean exactly that. അത്യാവശ്യം (athyavashyam) is urgent necessity, the pressing need rather than the urgent matter.
Common questions
How do you say urgent in Malayalam?
Urgent is അടിയന്തിരം (adiyanthiram).
Why does adiyanthiram also mean a ceremony?
Because the older sense is a rite that cannot be postponed, and that idea of something which must be done at once is what the modern meaning kept.