Difficult in Malayalam

Difficult is ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുള്ള (buddhimuttulla), an adjective formed from the noun for difficulty and placed before the noun it describes. It covers tasks that are hard to do rather than things hard to the touch. Read it as buddhi-muttu-lla.

Most common translation

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുള്ള (buddhimuttulla)

Difficult, hard, not easy to do; the noun buddhimuttu means difficulty.

ഈ കണക്ക് ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുള്ളതാണ്.

ee kanakku buddhimuttullathaanu.

This sum is difficult.

All Malayalam words for “difficult”

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുള്ള (buddhimuttulla) is difficult in the sense of not easy, കടുകട്ടി (kadukatti) and അതിദുര്‍ഘടം (athidurghadam) intensify that to very difficult, കടുപ്പമുള്ള (kaduppamulla) leans towards tough or hard, and ചുരം (churam) is a steep mountain road.

Common questions

How do you say difficult in Malayalam?

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുള്ള (buddhimuttulla), used before a noun for something not easy to do.

How do I say very difficult?

കടുകട്ടി (kadukatti) or അതിദുര്‍ഘടം (athidurghadam) both raise it to very difficult.