Crowded in Malayalam
Crowded places — a bus, a shop, a market street — are തിരക്കുള്ള (thirakkulla). It is built from the noun for a press or rush of people plus the ending meaning having, and the same adjective describes a busy person or an engaged phone line. That double duty is worth remembering, because Malayalam does not separate crowded from busy the way English does.
Engaged, busy, occupied; of a telephone line, already in use; busy; having much work to do, crowded with activity.
ആ നമ്പർ ഇപ്പോൾ തിരക്കിലാണ്.
aa nambar ippol thirakkilaanu.
That number is engaged right now.
All Malayalam words for “crowded”
- തിരക്കുള്ള (thirakkulla) — Engaged, busy, occupied; of a telephone line, already in use; busy; having much work to do, crowded with activity.
- നിറഞ്ഞ (niranja) — Full, filled to the top; crowded, holding no more space.
- അസങ്കുലം (asankulam) — Not crowded, a broadway.
തിരക്കുള്ള (thirakkulla) covers crowded and busy together, which is why it also translates a packed schedule; അസങ്കുലം (asankulam) is its bookish opposite, uncrowded and open.
Common questions
How do you say crowded in Malayalam?
Crowded is തിരക്കുള്ള (thirakkulla).
Can the same word describe a busy person?
Yes. തിരക്കുള്ള (thirakkulla) is used for someone with a great deal of work on, not only for a packed place.