Cracking in Malayalam
പൊട്ടല് (pottal) covers both the crack itself and the cracking sound, whether a split in a wall or the pop of something giving way. It is plain spoken Malayalam.
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 “cracking”
- പൊട്ടല് (pottal) — Crack, breach, cracking or breaking sound, barren field, unopened ears of corn.
- പുഴക്കുക (puzhakkuka) — Fell trees by digging around, uproot, rend, produce a cracking sound.
പുഴക്കുക (puzhakkuka) is a verb about uprooting and rending, where the cracking sense belongs only to the noise it makes, so for the crack you can see, പൊട്ടല് is the word.
Common questions
How do you say cracking in Malayalam?
പൊട്ടല് (pottal) is the word for a crack and for the sound of cracking.
Which word fits cracked skin or a cracked wall?
പൊട്ടല് (pottal) again, since it names the split itself as well as the noise.