Fracture in Malayalam
A fracture is ഒടിവ് (odivu) in Malayalam, used of a broken bone as well as of a break or crack in anything solid. Doctors and ordinary speakers both use it, so there is no register problem. The word is built on the verb meaning to break.
Most common translation
Fracture, breaking, wound.
കാലിന് ചെറിയ ഒടിവ് ഉണ്ടെന്ന് ഡോക്ടർ പറഞ്ഞു.
kaalinu cheriya odivu undennu doktar paranju.
The doctor said there is a small fracture in the leg.
Dictionary entry
- ഒടിവ് (odivu) — Fracture, breaking, wound.
Only one option is listed, ഒടിവ് (odivu), which already spans fracture, breaking and wound, so there is nothing to weigh against it.
Common questions
How do you say fracture in Malayalam?
Say ഒടിവ് (odivu).
Does odivu also mean a wound?
Yes, the same word stretches to a break or wound more generally, so context settles the meaning.