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The word 'afternoon' means 'aparahnam' (അപരാഹ്നം) in Malayalam. When it is said 'good afternoon', it means 'shubhaparahnam' (ശുഭാപരാഹ്നം) But, in Malayalam, 'good morning', 'good afternoon' and 'good evening' simply mean 'namaskaaram' (നമസ്കാരം) It is in English that these different ways of salutation are used according to different periods of time of a day. In Malayalam, for all time period of a day, the term 'namaskaaram' is used. But, when indirect expressions are said, the direct translation of these salutations will be used. For example, when a sentence like "He said good afternoon to me", it is translated as "Avan ennodu shubhaparahna vandhanam paranju."

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