Crack in Malayalam
A crack in a wall or a pot is പൊട്ടല് (pottal), from the verb meaning to burst. The same word names the cracking sound, so context tells you whether you are looking at a split or hearing one.
Most common translation
Crack, breach, cracking or breaking sound, barren field, unopened ears of corn.
ചുമരിൽ ഒരു ചെറിയ പൊട്ടല് കണ്ടു.
chumaril oru cheriya pottal kandu.
A small crack was seen on the wall.
All Malayalam words for “crack”
- പൊട്ടല് (pottal) — Crack, breach, cracking or breaking sound, barren field, unopened ears of corn.
- വിള്ളുക (villuka) — Crack, break.
- ഉടയുക (udayuka) — Break, crack, crumble.
- കീറുക (keeruka) — Tear, split, break, crack.
- പിളര്പ്പ് (pilarppu) — Split, breach, cleft, cleavage, crack.
- വിരിച്ചല് (virichal) — Spreading, expanding, crack.
- തമാശപറയുക (thamaashaparayuka) — Crack jokes, joke, make witty remarks.
- പൊട്ടയിടുക (pottayiduka) — Crack the joints of the finger (to produce a clicking sound), crack the knuckles.
വിള്ളുക (villuka) and ഉടയുക (udayuka) are verbs for cracking or breaking, പിളര്പ്പ് (pilarppu) is a deeper cleft, and തമാശപറയുക (thamaashaparayuka) matches only the English idiom to crack jokes.
Common questions
How do you say crack in Malayalam?
പൊട്ടല് (pottal) is a crack or split, and also the sound of something cracking.
How do you say he cracked a joke?
That takes തമാശപറയുക (thamaashaparayuka); the physical words for cracking carry no such idiom.