Broken in Malayalam
പൊട്ട (potta) is the adjective for broken, placed in front of a noun, and it carries a shade of worthless as well, so a potta thing is both cracked and useless. The tt is doubled, pot-ta. A broken earthen pot even has its own compound, pottakkalam.
Most common translation
Broken, trifling, useless, idiotic.
ഈ പൊട്ട കുട ഉപയോഗിക്കേണ്ട.
ee potta kuda upayogikkenda.
Do not use this broken umbrella.
All Malayalam words for “broken”
- പൊട്ട (potta) — Broken, trifling, useless, idiotic.
- അഖണ്ടനീയ (akhandaneeya) — That cannot be broken or divided, that cannot be criticized, logical, reasonable.
- അര്ദ്ധോക്തി (ardhokthi) — Broken or interrupted speech.
- കഷണങ്ങൾ (kashanangal) — Pieces; bits or parts cut or broken off something.
- ഞെരിയുക (neriyuka) — Be crushed, be pressed, be broken.
- പുഴ (puzha) — A small river, narrow path, door, hole (in a door or wall), broken fence.
- പൊടിയരി (podiyari) — Broken rice.
- പൊട്ടക്കലം (pottakkalam) — Broken earthen pot.
potta is broken and spoiled, kashanangal are the pieces broken off something, podiyari is broken rice, ardhokthi is broken-off speech, and akhandaneeya means the opposite, something that cannot be broken.
Common questions
How do you say broken in Malayalam?
Broken is പൊട്ട (potta).
Is potta ever insulting?
It can be. Applied to a person or an idea it suggests something defective or worthless, so keep it for objects unless you mean to be rude.