Bending in Malayalam
മടങ്ങല് (madangal) is bending or folding, the noun from the verb to fold back, and it also means returning. Say ma-dang-al, with the ng as in singer.
Most common translation
Bending, folding, returning, retreating, failure.
യാത്രയുടെ മടങ്ങല് രാത്രിയിൽ ആയിരുന്നു.
yaathrayude madangal raathriyil aayirunnu.
The return from the trip was at night.
All Malayalam words for “bending”
- മടങ്ങല് (madangal) — Bending, folding, returning, retreating, failure.
- മലക്കം (malakkam) — Standing upright and bending the body backwards.
മടങ്ങല് (madangal) covers bending and folding, and by extension turning back or retreating. മലക്കം (malakkam) is one specific posture: standing upright and bending the body backwards.
Common questions
How do you say bending in Malayalam?
മടങ്ങല് (madangal), which covers bending and folding.
Why does the same word mean returning?
Because it comes from the idea of folding back, and something that bends back along its path is returning.