Activator in Malayalam

Chemistry gives activator as ഉത്തേജകം (uthejakam) in Malayalam, the substance that sets a reaction going. It is textbook vocabulary rather than conversational, and students meet it in science classes. The word rests on the root for stimulating or rousing.

Most common translation

ഉത്തേജകം (uthejakam)

Activator (in chemical reactions).

പരീക്ഷണത്തിൽ അവർ ഉത്തേജകം ചേർത്തു.

pareekshanathil avar uthejakam cherthu.

In the experiment they added an activator.

Dictionary entry

This is the sole listed option and it is a technical term, so it should not be stretched to a person who gets things moving.

Common questions

How do you say activator in Malayalam?

ഉത്തേജകം (uthejakam), as used in chemistry for an activating substance.

Can it describe a motivating person?

Not idiomatically. Its listed sense is confined to chemical reactions.