Dense in Malayalam

Dense is തിങ്ങിയ (thingiya) in Malayalam, the describing form of a verb meaning to be packed closely. Say thing-ngi-ya. It suits a dense forest, a dense crowd and dense traffic.

Most common translation

തിങ്ങിയ (thingiya)

Dense, compact.

തിങ്ങിയ കാട്ടിൽ വെയിൽ കടക്കില്ല.

thingiya kaattil veyil kadakkilla.

Sunlight does not get into the dense forest.

All Malayalam words for “dense”

തിങ്ങിയ (thingiya) and ഇടതിങ്ങിയ (idathingiya) are the adjective forms, the second stressing close spacing; തിങ്ങുക (thinguka) and ഇടതിങ്ങുക (idathinguka) are the verbs, നിരന്തര (niranthara) is really continuous, and അഗമ്യം (agamayam) is impenetrable.

Common questions

What is dense in Malayalam?

തിങ്ങിയ (thingiya), used of forests, crowds and anything packed close together.

Is there a word here for dense in the scientific sense?

Not directly; these describe crowding and thickness, while density as a measured property has its own technical term in Malayalam physics texts.