Epidemic in Malayalam
When an illness runs through a whole population, Malayalam calls it പകര്ച്ചവ്യാധി (pakarchavyaadhi), built from the idea of a disease that passes from one person to the next. Health notices and newspapers use the compound constantly, so it is worth learning as a single unit. The matching describing word is സാംക്രമിക (saamkramika).
പകര്ച്ചവ്യാധി (pakarchavyaadhi)
Infectious, disease, epidemic.
മഴക്കാലത്ത് പകര്ച്ചവ്യാധി വേഗം പരക്കും.
mazhakkaalathu pakarchavyaadhi vegam parakkum.
In the rainy season an epidemic spreads fast.
All Malayalam words for “epidemic”
- പകര്ച്ചവ്യാധി (pakarchavyaadhi) — Infectious, disease, epidemic.
- സാംക്രമിക (saamkramika) — Epidemic, infectious, contagious, spreading, influencing.
pakarchavyaadhi is the noun for the outbreak or the disease itself, while saamkramika is placed before a noun to mean infectious or contagious.
Common questions
How do you say epidemic in Malayalam?
An epidemic is പകര്ച്ചവ്യാധി (pakarchavyaadhi).
Which of the two words means contagious?
സാംക്രമിക (saamkramika), used as a modifier, as in a contagious fever.