Barren in Malayalam
For barren land Malayalam uses തരിശ് (tharish) — ground left waste and uncultivated. Farmers and revenue records use it in exactly that sense. Say tha-rish, with a soft th.
Most common translation
Waste, barren, uncultivated.
ഈ പാടം വർഷങ്ങളായി തരിശ് ആണ്.
ee paadam varshangalaayi tharishu aanu.
This field has lain barren for years.
All Malayalam words for “barren”
- തരിശ് (tharish) — Waste, barren, uncultivated.
- പാഴ് (pazhu) — Futile, barren, useless; futility, waste, barrenness.
- പൊട്ടല് (pottal) — Crack, breach, cracking or breaking sound, barren field, unopened ears of corn.
തരിശ് (tharish) is barren, uncultivated land. പാഴ് (pazhu) is barren in the wider sense of futile or useless, and പൊട്ടല് (pottal) means a barren field only as one sense among several, its main one being a crack.
Common questions
How do you say barren in Malayalam?
തരിശ് (tharish) for land lying waste and uncultivated.
Which word covers a barren, fruitless effort?
പാഴ് (pazhu), which carries the sense of futile and wasted.