Destroying in Malayalam
For destroying in the sense of bringing something to an end, Malayalam has ഒടുക്കല് (odukkal). The final syllable ends in a soft l, and the word is as much about finishing something off as about violent destruction.
Destroying, ending, finishing.
ഈ പണിയുടെ ഒടുക്കല് നാളെയാണ്.
ee paniyude odukkal naaleyaanu
The finishing of this work is tomorrow.
All Malayalam words for “destroying”
- ഒടുക്കല് (odukkal) — Destroying, ending, finishing.
- പ്രളയം (pralayam) — End of the world, deluge, inundation, floods; (idm.) decline, destruction, death, destruction of the world, all- destroying flood at the end of an age, destruction.
ഒടുക്കല് (odukkal) is the everyday noun for ending or wiping out something, while പ്രളയം (pralayam) works on an entirely different scale: it names the flood that destroys the world, and in ordinary speech it is used of catastrophic floods.
Common questions
How do you say destroying in Malayalam?
ഒടുക്കല് (odukkal) covers destroying, ending and finishing.
When is pralayam the right word?
When the destruction is enormous: പ്രളയം (pralayam) means a deluge or the end of an age, and Keralites use it for devastating floods.