Cutting in Malayalam
The words listed for cutting are all formal ones. ഉച്ഛേദനം (uchedanam) means cutting, slicing or excising, and it belongs to medical and legal prose rather than to the kitchen.
Most common translation
Cutting, slicing, excision, destruction.
നമ്മുടെ കാടിന്റെ ഉച്ഛേദനം തടയണം.
nammude kaadinte uchedanam thadayanam.
The destruction of our forest must be stopped.
All Malayalam words for “cutting”
- ഉച്ഛേദനം (uchedanam) — Cutting, slicing, excision, destruction.
- ആച്ഛേദനം (aachedanam) — Cutting off, robbing.
- മൂര്ച്ച (moorcha) — Sharp edge of a (razor, knife, sword, etc.), sharpness, cutting edge.
ആച്ഛേദനം (aachedanam) is cutting off, with an old sense of robbing, and മൂര്ച്ച (moorcha) is not the act at all but the sharp cutting edge of a blade.
Common questions
How do you say cutting in Malayalam?
ഉച്ഛേദനം (uchedanam) is the nearest word here, though it is a formal Sanskrit-derived term; the everyday verb for cutting is not in this list.
How do you talk about a knife being sharp?
Use മൂര്ച്ച (moorcha), the sharpness or cutting edge of a blade.