Falling in Malayalam
Falling, describing something on its way down, is വീഴുന്ന (veezhunna) in Malayalam. The -unna ending makes the present participle, a pattern that will serve you for a great many other verbs. It goes before the noun, as in falling rain.
Most common translation
Falling, dropping down from a height.
മഴ വീഴുന്ന ശബ്ദം കേൾക്കാം.
mazha veezhunna shabdam kelkkaam.
The sound of falling rain can be heard.
All Malayalam words for “falling”
- വീഴുന്ന (veezhunna) — Falling, dropping down from a height.
- ഉതിര്ച്ച (uthircha) — Dropping, falling off, shedding.
- ശിശുദിനം (shishudinam) — Children's day (falling on November 14, Jawaharlal Nehru's birth day).
വീഴുന്ന is the general participle. ഉതിര്ച്ച is falling in the sense of shedding or dropping off, as leaves do, and ശിശുദിനം mentions falling only because Children's Day falls on a particular date.
Common questions
How do you say falling in Malayalam?
വീഴുന്ന (veezhunna).
How is this form built?
By adding -unna to the verb, which is the regular Malayalam way of making the -ing form that stands before a noun.