Fatal in Malayalam

Fatal translates as മാരകമായ (maarakamaaya), the adjective form used in front of a noun, as in a fatal illness or a fatal blow. The stem maaraka relates to killing, and the aaya ending makes it modify what follows.

Most common translation

മാരകമായ (maarakamaaya)

Fatal, killing, deadly.

ഇത് ഒരു മാരകമായ രോഗമാണ്.

ithu oru maarakamaaya rogamaanu.

This is a deadly disease.

All Malayalam words for “fatal”

മാരകമായ (maarakamaaya) is the ready-made adjective; മാരക (maaraka) is the same stem as used inside compounds; മാരകം (maarakam) is the noun for the thing that kills; കാലപാശം (kalapasham) is mythological, the noose of death, used for extreme calamity rather than everyday fatality.

Common questions

What is fatal in Malayalam?

Fatal is മാരകമായ (maarakamaaya), used before the noun it describes.

Why are there three forms beginning with maarak?

They are grammatical variants of one root: the compounding form, the noun, and the full adjective മാരകമായ (maarakamaaya), which is the one to put in a sentence.