Faint in Malayalam

To faint is മോഹാലസ്യപ്പെടുക (mohaalasyappeduka) in Malayalam, a long compound meaning to fall into a swoon. It breaks as mo-haa-las-yap-pe-du-ka. This is the verb used when someone loses consciousness in the heat or from shock.

Most common translation

മോഹാലസ്യപ്പെടുക (mohaalasyappeduka)

Swoon, faint, become unconscious.

വെയിലത്ത് നിന്ന് അവള്‍ മോഹാലസ്യപ്പെട്ടു.

veyilathu ninnu aval mohaalasyappettu.

She fainted standing in the sun.

All Malayalam words for “faint”

മോഹാലസ്യപ്പെടുക (mohaalasyappeduka) is fainting proper; മോഹിക്കുക (mohikkuka) mostly means to long for or desire, പുകനിറം (pukaniram) is a faint smoky colour, and പൊരിയുക (poriyuka) is about being scorched or parched.

Common questions

How do you say faint in Malayalam?

മോഹാലസ്യപ്പെടുക (mohaalasyappeduka) for fainting; for a faint, dim colour, പുകനിറം (pukaniram).

Which word for a faint sound or light?

Neither verb fits; Malayalam uses words for weak or dim there, and പുകനിറം applies only to a washed-out colour.