Gait in Malayalam
Gait, the way a person walks, is നട (nada) in Malayalam, from the verb for walking. It is two light syllables, na-da. The same word also names the entrance or steps of a temple, so context does the work.
Gait, door, entrance to temple, path, foot steps.
അവളുടെ നട കണ്ടാല് നര്ത്തകിയാണെന്ന് തോന്നും.
avalude nada kandaal narthakiyaanennu thonnum.
Seeing her gait, you would think she is a dancer.
All Malayalam words for “gait”
- നട (nada) — Gait, door, entrance to temple, path, foot steps.
- ഗതി (gathi) — Course, movement, gait, direction, protection, refuge, salvation, (gram.) preposition.
- ചലനസ്വഭാവം (chalanaswabhaavam) — Motivity, mobility, gait.
- ചേഷ്ട (cheshda) — Movement, gesture, action, gait.
- വൃത്തം (vritham) — Circle, news, history, gait, profession, occupation, custom, duty, rule, mode of poetic composition, (poet.) metre.
നട (nada) is the walk itself, ഗതി (gathi) is movement or course in a broader sense, ചേഷ്ട (cheshda) is gesture and bearing, and ചലനസ്വഭാവം (chalanaswabhaavam) is a technical term for manner of movement.
Common questions
What is gait in Malayalam?
നട (nada), the word for someone's walk or manner of walking.
Which word would a doctor use about an abnormal gait?
ചലനസ്വഭാവം is the clinical-sounding option for manner of movement; നട is the plain everyday word.