Electric in Malayalam
Anything run by electricity is വൈദ്യുത (vaidyutha) in Malayalam, an adjective that goes in front of the noun. It has a formal flavour, which suits the bills, notices and wiring diagrams where it mostly lives. The opening vai rhymes roughly with the English why.
Electric, worked by electricity or relating to electricity.
വൈദ്യുത ബിൽ ഈ മാസം കൂടി.
vaidyutha bil ee maasam koodi
The electric bill went up this month.
All Malayalam words for “electric”
- വൈദ്യുത (vaidyutha) — Electric, worked by electricity or relating to electricity.
- ആരാധകർ (aaraadhakar) — Fans, admirers or supporters of a star or a team; the electric fan is called phaan.
- ചാർജ് (chaarju) — Charge, a fee or cost to be paid; also the electric charge in a battery.
- ലൈറ്റുകൾ (laittukal) — Lights; lamps or electric bulbs, sources of illumination in a house or street.
- വൈദ്യുതപ്രവാഹം (vaidyuthapravaaham) — Electric current.
- വൈദ്യുതാഘാതം (vaidyuthaaghaatham) — Electric shock.
- സ്വിച്ച് (swichu) — Switch, the small device that turns an electric light or fan on and off.
വൈദ്യുത is the adjective, with വൈദ്യുതപ്രവാഹം for electric current and വൈദ്യുതാഘാതം for electric shock. സ്വിച്ച് and ലൈറ്റുകൾ are the borrowed everyday words for switch and lights, and ചാർജ് covers charge in both the money and battery senses.
Common questions
How do you say electric in Malayalam?
വൈദ്യുത (vaidyutha).
Do Malayalis use it in daily conversation?
Rarely for household things. Around the house the English borrowings do the work, as with സ്വിച്ച് for switch, while വൈദ്യുത stays in official and technical language.