Breach in Malayalam

A breach in the sense of a split or crack is പിളര്‍പ്പ് (pilarppu), from the verb for splitting apart. Walls, rocks, wood and even a political party can take it. The double pp is held briefly.

Most common translation

പിളര്‍പ്പ് (pilarppu)

Split, breach, cleft, cleavage, crack.

പാറയിൽ ഒരു വലിയ പിളര്‍പ്പ് കണ്ടു.

paarayil oru valiya pilarppu kandu.

A big cleft was seen in the rock.

All Malayalam words for “breach”

പിളര്‍പ്പ് and പൊട്ടല്‍ (pottal) both describe a physical break, with പൊട്ടല്‍ adding the idea of a cracking sound; പൊളിപ്പ് (polipp) is demolition, തുരങ്കം (thurankam) a tunnel or hole through a wall, ഇടമുറിയുക (idamuriyuka) a verb for breaking off midway, മൊഴിമാറ്റം (mozhimaattam) a breach of promise, and വ്യുല്‍ക്രമം (vyulkramam) a breach of rules.

Common questions

How do you say breach in Malayalam?

For a physical breach or split, പിളര്‍പ്പ് (pilarppu); for breaking a rule, വ്യുല്‍ക്രമം (vyulkramam).

Which word covers a broken promise?

മൊഴിമാറ്റം (mozhimaattam), literally a changing of one's word, which also serves for translation.