Dirty in Malayalam
Dirty is മുഷിഞ്ഞ (mushinja), the adjective for anything soiled and shabby, and it is used most often of clothes and cloth. It comes from a verb for getting soiled, so it suggests dirt picked up through use. Say mu-shin-ja, with the middle syllable nasal.
Soiled, dirty, shabby, bored, wearied, displeased, disgusted.
മുഷിഞ്ഞ ഉടുപ്പ് കഴുകാൻ ഇട്ടു.
mushinja uduppu kazhukaan ittu.
The soiled shirt was put out for washing.
All Malayalam words for “dirty”
- മുഷിഞ്ഞ (mushinja) — Soiled, dirty, shabby, bored, wearied, displeased, disgusted.
- വൃത്തികെട്ട (vrithiketta) — Unclean, ugly, dirty.
- മലിനമാക്കുക (malinamaakkuka) — Make dirty, soil, pollute, contaminate.
- മലിനീകരണം (malineekaranam) — Pollution, defilement, becoming dirty or impure.
- മലിനീകരിക്കുക (malineekarikkuka) — Pollute, defile, make dirty or impure.
- മുഷിക്കുക (mushikkuka) — Soil, make dirty, cause ill-will, vex, trouble.
- മുഷിയുക (mushiyuka) — Become soiled or dirty, be displeased, show ill-will, be offended.
- വിഴുപ്പ് (vizhupp) — Soiled clothes, dirty linen for washing.
മുഷിഞ്ഞ is soiled and worn, വൃത്തികെട്ട (vrithiketta) is the broader unclean or filthy, മലിനമാക്കുക (malinamaakkuka) is to make something dirty, and വിഴുപ്പ് (vizhupp) is the pile of dirty linen waiting to be washed.
Common questions
How do you say dirty in Malayalam?
മുഷിഞ്ഞ (mushinja) for soiled things, and വൃത്തികെട്ട (vrithiketta) for dirty in general.
What do you call dirty laundry?
വിഴുപ്പ് (vizhupp), the word for soiled clothes set aside for washing.