Extinguished in Malayalam
Talking about a lamp or a fire going out, Malayalam speakers use പൊലിയുക (poliyuka). The verb is intransitive, so the flame itself goes out and nobody puts it out; say it po-li-yu-ka. It also appears figuratively when a life or a hope fades away.
Be put out, go out, be extinguished, increase, shine, perish.
കാറ്റത്ത് മെഴുകുതിരി പൊലിഞ്ഞു.
kaattathu mezhukuthiri polinju.
The candle went out in the wind.
All Malayalam words for “extinguished”
- പൊലിയുക (poliyuka) — Be put out, go out, be extinguished, increase, shine, perish.
- ചാകുക, ചാവുക (chaakuka chaavuka) — Die, be extinguished.
- പടുതിരി (paduthiri) — A wick about to be extinguished.
ചാകുക, ചാവുക is really the verb for dying and reaches a flame only by analogy, while പടുതിരി is a noun for a wick about to go out rather than a word for the action.
Common questions
How do you say extinguished in Malayalam?
Use പൊലിയുക (poliyuka), the verb for a light or a fire going out.
Does poliyuka cover putting a fire out on purpose?
Not on its own. It describes the flame going out by itself, so a causative form is needed when a person does the extinguishing.