Exorbitant in Malayalam
An exorbitant price is a തീവില (theevila), literally a fire price. The image is of a cost that burns, and it turns up in everyday complaints about markets, rents and fares.
Most common translation
Exorbitant price, much too high a price.
പച്ചക്കറിക്ക് ഇപ്പോള് തീവിലയാണ്.
pachakkarikku ippol theevilayanu.
Vegetables are exorbitantly priced now.
Dictionary entry
- തീവില (theevila) — Exorbitant price, much too high a price.
തീവില is used only about prices, so it suits a bill or a market rate but not an exorbitant demand of some other kind.
Common questions
How do you say exorbitant in Malayalam?
For an exorbitant price, say തീവില (theevila), which combines the words for fire and price.
Is it formal or casual?
It is vivid everyday language, at home in conversation and in newspaper headlines about rising costs.