Flee in Malayalam
മണ്ടുക (manduka) is to run off, to take to one's heels. Short and quick, man-du-ka, which suits the meaning. It is conversational rather than literary.
Most common translation
Run, take to heels, flee.
മഴ കണ്ടപ്പോൾ കുട്ടികൾ വീട്ടിലേക്ക് മണ്ടി.
mazha kandappol kuttikal veettilekku mandi.
Seeing the rain, the children ran home.
All Malayalam words for “flee”
- മണ്ടുക (manduka) — Run, take to heels, flee.
- പമ്പകടക്കുക (pambakadakkuka) — (idm.) run away, take to one's heels, show a clean pair of heels, flee.
- തുരത്തുക (thurathuka) — Drive away, make one go away, make one flee.
മണ്ടുക (manduka) is the ordinary verb for fleeing; പമ്പകടക്കുക (pambakadakkuka) is a vivid idiom for bolting away; തുരത്തുക (thurathuka) is the other side of the action, meaning to drive someone off.
Common questions
How do you say flee in Malayalam?
മണ്ടുക (manduka).
What does the idiom pambakadakkuka mean?
It is a colourful way of saying someone ran for it, close to showing a clean pair of heels.