Congestion in Malayalam
Congestion in the sense of crowding and pressing is തിക്കല് (thikkal). It is the word used about a packed bus, a crush at a festival or a jammed street, and it comes from the verb for pressing together. Everyday speech, no formality about it.
Pressing, crowding, congestion, gasping.
ബസിൽ തിക്കല് കാരണം ഞാൻ നിന്നു.
basil thikkal kaaranam njaan ninnu.
Because of the crowding in the bus I stood.
All Malayalam words for “congestion”
- തിക്കല് (thikkal) — Pressing, crowding, congestion, gasping.
- ഗ്രഹണി (grahani) — Diarrhoea, chronic disease caused by the congestion of bowels.
- മൂക്കടപ്പ് (mookkadapp) — Blocking of the nose, nasal congestion.
തിക്കല് is crowding and congestion of people or traffic, മൂക്കടപ്പ് is specifically a blocked nose, and ഗ്രഹണി is a medical term for a chronic bowel complaint, so only the first is a general word.
Common questions
How do you say congestion in Malayalam?
For crowding, തിക്കല് (thikkal). For a stuffy, blocked nose, മൂക്കടപ്പ് (mookkadapp).
Which word would a doctor use about breathing?
മൂക്കടപ്പ് (mookkadapp) is the one patients and doctors both use for nasal congestion.