Futile in Malayalam
Effort that comes to nothing is പാഴ് (pazhu), a short word meaning waste, barrenness and futility together. It joins readily to other words to mean wasted or useless. A more formal equivalent is നിഷ്ഫലം (nishfalam).
Most common translation
Futile, barren, useless; futility, waste, barrenness.
ഇത് പാഴ് വേലയാണെന്ന് അച്ഛൻ പറഞ്ഞു.
ith pazhu velayaanenn achchan paranju.
Father said this is useless labour.
All Malayalam words for “futile”
- പാഴ് (pazhu) — Futile, barren, useless; futility, waste, barrenness.
- മിനക്കെട്ട (minakketta) — Futile, useless.
- അലസല് (alasal) — Abortion, disturbance; abortion, disturbance, going away, proving futile or useless.
- നിഷ്ഫലം (nishfalam) — That which is vain or futile.
- പാളിച്ച (palicha) — Blazing, sliding, looking askance, slinking, slipping, missing the aim, proving futile, failure.
- മിനക്കേട് (minakked) — Effort, futile activity, waste of time, futile pains taken.
- വിഫലീകരണം (vifaleekaranam) — Rendering useless or futile.
pazhu and nishfalam describe something vain or fruitless, മിനക്കെട്ട (minakketta) is useless in the everyday sense, and മിനക്കേട് (minakked) names the wasted time and trouble itself.
Common questions
How do you say futile in Malayalam?
Futile is പാഴ് (pazhu).
Which word is used in formal writing?
നിഷ്ഫലം (nishfalam), that which is vain or futile.