Current in Malayalam
The current of a river, or of electricity, is ഒഴുക്ക് (ozhukk), the flow or stream. The o is short and the final k is clipped. When current means present or in force, Malayalam switches words entirely and uses നിലവിലുള്ള (nilavilulla).
Most common translation
Flow, current, course, trend.
പുഴയിലെ ഒഴുക്ക് ഇന്ന് ശക്തമാണ്.
puzhayile ozhukk innu shakthamaanu.
The current in the river is strong today.
All Malayalam words for “current”
- ഒഴുക്ക് (ozhukk) — Flow, current, course, trend.
- നിലവിലുള്ള (nilavilulla) — Existing, current, in vogue.
- പ്രവഹം (pravaham) — Flow, current, wind, water vessel.
- പ്രവാഹം (pravaham) — Flow, current, stream.
- പുനല് (punal) — Water, river, current, flow, funnel.
- അടിയൊഴുക്ക് (adiyozhukku) — Under current.
- ജലപ്രവാഹം (jalapravaaham) — Water current, flood.
- നാടോടിക്കഥ (naadodikkatha) — Folk tale, story common or current in the country, folk story, folklore.
- ഫാഷൻ (fashan) — Fashion; the current style in clothes and appearance, a passing trend, the clothing trade.
- ലഹരി (lahari) — Large wave, strong flow or current, intoxication (only in Malayalam).
- വൈദ്യുതപ്രവാഹം (vaidyuthapravaaham) — Electric current.
ഒഴുക്ക് (ozhukk) is physical flow and also a trend, അടിയൊഴുക്ക് (adiyozhukku) an undercurrent, ജലപ്രവാഹം (jalapravaaham) and പ്രവഹം (pravaham) formal words for a water current, and നിലവിലുള്ള (nilavilulla) current in the sense of existing now.
Common questions
How do you say current in Malayalam?
The current or flow is ഒഴുക്ക് (ozhukk).
What about current meaning present-day?
For that use നിലവിലുള്ള (nilavilulla), existing or in force at the moment.