Dozing in Malayalam
Dozing is തൂങ്ങല് (thoongal), the nodding-off that happens in an afternoon class or a long bus ride. The word also means hanging, which is the picture behind it, a head drooping on the neck. Say thoon-ngal, with the first syllable long.
Most common translation
Hanging, sleeping, dozing, hanging (to death).
ക്ലാസിൽ അവന്റെ തൂങ്ങല് തുടർന്നു.
klaasil avante thoongal thudarnnu.
His dozing continued in class.
All Malayalam words for “dozing”
- തൂങ്ങല് (thoongal) — Hanging, sleeping, dozing, hanging (to death).
- തൂക്കം (thukkam) — Weight, dozing.
തൂങ്ങല് names both dozing and hanging, whereas തൂക്കം (thukkam) is primarily weight and carries dozing only as a secondary gloss.
Common questions
How do you say dozing in Malayalam?
തൂങ്ങല് (thoongal) is dozing or nodding off.
Why does the word also mean hanging?
The same form covers hanging and drooping, which is the image of a head dropping in sleep.