Decline in Malayalam

Decline as a noun is ഇടിവ് (idivu) in Malayalam, used of a fall in prices, in health or in fortunes. Market reports use it readily. The word also covers collapse and sagging.

Most common translation

ഇടിവ് (idivu)

Decline, collapse, down fall, dejection, sagging.

വിലയിൽ വലിയ ഇടിവ് ഉണ്ടായി.

vilayil valiya idivu undayi.

There was a big fall in prices.

All Malayalam words for “decline”

adhapathanam is a moral or social downfall, irakkam a descent or ebb, thaazhcha lowness and weakness, and ksheenikkuka, thaanupokuka and nasikkuka are verbs for weakening, sinking and perishing.

Common questions

How do you say decline in Malayalam?

Use ഇടിവ് (idivu) for a decline or fall.

How do you speak of something sinking lower?

The verb താണുപോകുക (thaanupokuka) serves, to sink or move to a lower level.