Harmless in Malayalam
Malayalam builds harmless by negating harmful: ദോഷകരമല്ലാത്ത (doshakaramallatha), literally not harm-causing. It looks long, but the allatha ending is a regular negative you will meet again and again. The word fits food, medicines and remarks alike.
ദോഷകരമല്ലാത്ത (doshakaramallatha)
Harmless.
ഈ മരുന്ന് കുഞ്ഞുങ്ങൾക്ക് പോലും ദോഷകരമല്ലാത്ത ആണ്.
ee marunnu kunjungalkku polum doshakaramallatha aanu.
This medicine is harmless even for babies.
All Malayalam words for “harmless”
- ദോഷകരമല്ലാത്ത (doshakaramallatha) — Harmless.
- നിര്ദ്ദോഷി (nirddoshi) — Harmless or innocent man.
ദോഷകരമല്ലാത്ത (doshakaramallatha) describes a thing that does no harm, while നിര്ദ്ദോഷി (nirddoshi) describes a person who is harmless or innocent of wrongdoing.
Common questions
How do you say harmless in Malayalam?
ദോഷകരമല്ലാത്ത (doshakaramallatha), a negated form meaning not harm-causing.
What does the ending allatha do?
It negates. Added to an adjective it gives the sense of not being that, which is how harm-causing becomes harmless.