Cured in Malayalam
When an illness subsides and a person is cured, Malayalam uses ശമിക്കുക (shamikkuka). The sh is as in ship and the double kk is held a moment. It describes the trouble easing rather than the doctor doing the curing.
Most common translation
Abate, have relief, get cured, calm down.
മരുന്നു കഴിച്ചപ്പോൾ വേദന ശമിച്ചു.
marunnu kazhichappol vedana shamichu.
The pain subsided when I took the medicine.
All Malayalam words for “cured”
- ശമിക്കുക (shamikkuka) — Abate, have relief, get cured, calm down.
- നന്നാകുക (nannaakuka) — Become good, be cured of defects, improve in health.
ശമിക്കുക is about a complaint abating or being cured, while നന്നാകുക (nannaakuka) means becoming good again and is the warm everyday way of saying someone got better.
Common questions
How do you say cured in Malayalam?
Use ശമിക്കുക (shamikkuka), the verb for an ailment abating or being cured.
Which verb takes the person as its subject?
നന്നാകുക (nannaakuka), as in he got better; ശമിക്കുക normally takes the illness or the pain as its subject.