Difficulties in Malayalam

Difficulties in the plural are ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകൾ (buddhimuttukal) — the troubles that make something hard to get done. The ending kal is the plural marker and the double tt is held briefly. It is the ordinary word for hardships at work, at home or with paperwork.

Most common translation

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകൾ (buddhimuttukal)

Difficulties, troubles, problems that make something hard.

യാത്രയിൽ പല ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകൾ നേരിട്ടു.

yaathrayil pala buddhimuttukal nerittu

We faced many difficulties on the journey.

All Malayalam words for “difficulties”

ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകൾ (buddhimuttukal) are practical difficulties, പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾ (prashnangal) problems and issues more broadly, വിഷമിക്കുക (vishamikkuka) the verb for struggling or being distressed, and പരവശപ്പെടുക (paravashappeduka) a heavier, literary being overwhelmed.

Common questions

How do you say difficulties in Malayalam?

Difficulties is ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടുകൾ (buddhimuttukal).

What if I mean problems rather than hardships?

Then പ്രശ്നങ്ങൾ (prashnangal), issues or problems under discussion, is closer.