Will in Malayalam
Of the senses of English will, the one with a clean equivalent is volition: ഇച്ഛ (icha) is wish, desire and will, the inner wanting that drives a choice. Say icha with a short i and a soft ch. Will power builds on it directly, as ഇച്ഛാശക്തി (ichaashakthi) shows.
Wish, desire, will, longing.
അവളുടെ ഇച്ഛ പോലെ എല്ലാം നടന്നു.
avalude icha pole ellam nadannu.
Everything happened according to her wish.
All Malayalam words for “will”
- ഇച്ഛ (icha) — Wish, desire, will, longing.
- വില്പ്പത്രം (vilppathram) — Will.
- അന്യമതദ്വേഷം (anyamathadwesham) — Ill will towards other religions, intolerance of other religions.
- ആനക്കള്ളന് (anakkallan) — A big thief, thief who will steal even big things like elephants.
- ഇച്ഛാശക്തി (ichaashakthi) — Will power, divine will.
- ഉള്പ്പോര് (ulpporu) — Ill- will, spite, rivalry, bickerings within.
- ഒസ്യത്ത് (osyath) — The last will, testament.
- ദൈവകല്പ്പന (daivakalppana) — God's will, command of God, fate.
- ദൈവികം (daivikam) — That which happens by God's will, sth. divine.
- നിരമര്ഷ (niramarsha) — Having no anger, free from hatred or ill will.
- പരിഭവം (paribhvam) — Disrespect, feeling of offence, ill- will, failure, complaint.
- പോരാ (pora) — Be not enough, will not do.
- പോരും (porum) — Which will be enough, which will come.
- പ്രതീക്ഷ (pratheeksha) — Hope, the feeling that something good will happen, expectation.
- പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കുക (prathikshikkuka) — Hoping. Wishing and expecting that something good will happen; being hopeful.
- മനക്കരുത്ത് (manakkaruthu) — Will - power, fortitude.
- വിരോധം (virodham) — Enmity, ill will, animosity, harm, hostile attitude, objection, prohibition, war, danger.
- സ്വേച്ഛ (swecha) — Self will, willfulness.
The other two senses go elsewhere. A legal will is വില്പ്പത്രം (vilppathram), the testament document, and will as a marker of the future has no word at all in Malayalam; it is carried by a verb ending.
Common questions
How do you say will in Malayalam?
Will in the sense of volition is ഇച്ഛ (icha), while a legal will is വില്പ്പത്രം (vilppathram).
How does Malayalam express I will go?
With a future ending on the verb itself. There is no separate auxiliary word corresponding to English will.