While in Malayalam
While, in the sense of during the time that, is handled by സമയത്ത് (samayathu), the time word in its locative form, placed after the noun. Say samayathu with a light a in each syllable. You would use it in phrases like during the exam.
During, at the time of, in the course of (used after the noun, as in pareeksha samayathu); while, during the time that; Malayalam also uses the verb ending umpol, as in kazhikkumpol, while eating.
പരീക്ഷാ സമയത്ത് കുട്ടികൾ നന്നായി പഠിക്കും.
pareeksha samayathu kuttikal nannaayi padhikkum.
Children study well during exam time.
All Malayalam words for “while”
- സമയത്ത് (samayathu) — During, at the time of, in the course of (used after the noun, as in pareeksha samayathu); while, during the time that; Malayalam also uses the verb ending umpol, as in kazhikkumpol, while eating.
- അരക്ഷണം (arakshanam) — Half a moment, a very short while or time.
- അല്പകാലം (alapakalam) — A short time, a short while.
- ഇല്ല (illa) — Dont; a spelling of do not; illa makes a statement negative, while aruthu and venda tell someone not to do something.
- ഉരുളുക (uruluka) — Roll; to turn over and over while moving, as a ball or a stone; to roll something up is churuttuka.
- എക്സിക്യൂട്ടീവ് (eksikyoottiv) — Executive; a senior officer in a company or government; the English word is used in everyday Malayalam, while the formal term is nirvaahakan.
- കുറിപ്പുകൾ (kurippukal) — Notes, short written records or jottings; points written down while studying or in a meeting.
- 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.
- ഹോമം (Homam) — Offering holy materials to the sacrificial fire while chanting 'mantras'.
More often Malayalam attaches a verb ending that itself means while doing something, so no separate word is needed at all; അരക്ഷണം (arakshanam) and അല്പകാലം (alapakalam) are nouns for a short while, a different sense of the English word.
Common questions
How do you say while in Malayalam?
With സമയത്ത് (samayathu) after the noun, or more commonly with a verb ending that carries the sense of while doing something.
How do you say a short while?
അല്പകാലം (alapakalam) for a short space of time, or അരക്ഷണം (arakshanam) for a mere moment.