Bleeding in Malayalam
രക്തസ്രാവം (rakthasraavam) is the medical word for bleeding, made from blood plus flow. Doctors, first-aid leaflets and news reports all use it, and it also names abnormal bleeding as a condition.
Most common translation
Bleeding, bleeding as a disease.
മുറിവിൽ നിന്ന് രക്തസ്രാവം നിന്നില്ല.
murivil ninnu rakthasraavam ninnilla.
The bleeding from the wound did not stop.
Dictionary entry
- രക്തസ്രാവം (rakthasraavam) — Bleeding, bleeding as a disease.
As the only word listed, രക്തസ്രാവം (rakthasraavam) stays in the clinical register; at home people simply say that blood is coming, with the ordinary verb for flowing.
Common questions
How do you say bleeding in Malayalam?
രക്തസ്രാവം (rakthasraavam) is the term, used in medical and reported speech.
Would I use rakthasraavam about a cut finger?
You could, but it sounds clinical. In conversation a Malayali would just say that blood is coming out.