Heels in Malayalam

None of the options names the heel of the foot; all of them belong to idioms. പമ്പകടക്കുക (pambakadakkuka) is the idiom for fleeing, literally slipping away. Plain running away is also മണ്ടുക (manduka).

Most common translation

പമ്പകടക്കുക (pambakadakkuka)

(idm.) run away, take to one's heels, show a clean pair of heels, flee.

പോലീസിനെ കണ്ടപ്പോള്‍ കള്ളന്‍ പമ്പകടന്നു.

policine kandappol kallan pambakadannu.

Seeing the police, the thief fled.

All Malayalam words for “heels”

pambakadakkuka and manduka are about fleeing, while കാത്തുകെട്ടി നിര്‍ത്തുക (kathuketti nirt) is the idiom for being left standing about, kept waiting.

Common questions

How do you say heels in Malayalam?

The body part is not covered; the nearest idiom, meaning to flee, is പമ്പകടക്കുക (pambakadakkuka).

How do you say kept waiting?

കാത്തുകെട്ടി നിര്‍ത്തുക (kathuketti nirt), left standing about.