Harmful in Malayalam
ദോഷകരമായ (doshakaramaaya) is the adjective reached for first, built from the noun meaning fault or harm plus an adjectival ending. Health warnings about smoking and junk food use exactly this word. The ending -maaya is what lets it stand before a noun.
Harmful.
പുകവലി ദോഷകരമായ ഒരു ശീലമാണ്.
pukavali doshakaramaaya oru sheelamaanu
Smoking is a harmful habit.
All Malayalam words for “harmful”
- ദോഷകരമായ (doshakaramaaya) — Harmful.
- ഹാനികര (haanikara) — Harmful, damaging.
- മായംചേര്ക്കുക (maayamcherkkuka) — Adulterate, add cheap or harmful substances to food, gold, etc.
ദോഷകരമായ is the ready-made adjective, ഹാനികര (haanikara) a shorter Sanskritic form common in formal writing, and മായംചേര്ക്കുക (maayamcherkkuka) is not harmful at all but the verb to adulterate.
Common questions
How do you say harmful in Malayalam?
ദോഷകരമായ (doshakaramaaya), as in harmful to health; the shorter ഹാനികര (haanikara) is the formal alternative.
Can haanikara be used on its own before a noun?
It behaves as a Sanskrit-style stem and normally appears in compounds or with an ending added, whereas ദോഷകരമായ is already in the shape Malayalam wants before a noun.