Alamort in Malayalam
Alamort, the old English word for half dead and dejected, is അര്ദ്ധ പ്രാണനായ (ardha prananaya) in Malayalam. The first part, ardha, means half, which makes the compound easy to read. Both the English and the Malayalam term are literary rather than conversational.
Most common translation
അര്ദ്ധ പ്രാണനായ (ardha prananaya)
Alamort, half-dead, dejected.
അര്ദ്ധ പ്രാണനായ പക്ഷിയെ കുട്ടി വീട്ടിൽ കൊണ്ടുവന്നു.
ardha praananaaya pakshiye kutti veettil konduvannu.
The child brought home a half-dead bird.
Dictionary entry
- അര്ദ്ധ പ്രാണനായ (ardha prananaya) — Alamort, half-dead, dejected.
As the lone entry it carries both the physical sense of being barely alive and the figurative sense of being downcast.
Common questions
How do you say alamort in Malayalam?
അര്ദ്ധ പ്രാണനായ (ardha prananaya), half dead or dejected.
Would a Malayalam speaker use this in conversation?
Hardly ever; it belongs to written description, as does the English headword.