Beats in Malayalam
The entries gathered here for beats are agent nouns rather than a plain verb, and the closest is മര്ദ്ദകന് (marddakan), one who hits or beats, and by extension an oppressor or tyrant. The double dd is held, mar-dda-kan. It is a strong word, used about violence rather than about a drumbeat.
Oppressor, torturer, tyrant, one who hits or beats.
കഥയിലെ മര്ദ്ദകന് ഒടുവില് തോറ്റു.
kathayile marddakan oduvil thottu.
The oppressor in the story lost in the end.
All Malayalam words for “beats”
- മര്ദ്ദകന് (marddakan) — Oppressor, torturer, tyrant, one who hits or beats.
- കൊട്ടുകാരന് (kottukaaran) — One who beats the drum, drummer.
- ട്രംപ് (tramp) — Trump, the family name of the American politician Donald Trump; in card games also the suit that beats the others.
marddakan is the person who beats or oppresses, kottukaaran is specifically a drummer, and tramp is the surname Trump and the trump suit that beats the others in cards.
Common questions
How do you say beats in Malayalam?
The listed word closest to it is മര്ദ്ദകന് (marddakan), one who beats or hits.
What would I use for the person beating a drum?
kottukaaran, literally one who strikes, is the word for a drummer and carries none of the violence of marddakan.