Hit in Malayalam
To hit someone or something is അടിക്കുക (adikkuka), a workhorse verb that also covers beating, clapping, sweeping and printing. The d is the soft retroflex one: a-dik-ku-ka. Children hear it often, usually as a warning.
Most common translation
Beat, hit, knock down, clap, sweep, print, throb, mint money.
ഹൃദയം വേഗത്തിൽ അടിക്കുന്നു.
hridayam vegatthil adikkunnu.
The heart beats fast.
All Malayalam words for “hit”
- അടിക്കുക (adikkuka) — Beat, hit, knock down, clap, sweep, print, throb, mint money.
- ഏല്പ്പിക്കുക (elppikkuka) — Entrust, engage, hand over, hit, cast, inflict.
- ചതയ്ക്കുക (chathaykkuka) — Cause bruise, crush, beat, apply pressure, hit.
- പ്രഹരിക്കുക (praharikkuka) — Beat, attack, hit, strike, chastise.
- ബാധിച്ച (baadhicha) — Affected, hit or harmed by something such as a disease or a disaster.
പ്രഹരിക്കുക is the formal strike of news reports, ചതയ്ക്കുക is to hit so as to bruise or crush, and ബാധിച്ച is hit in the figurative sense of affected by illness or disaster.
Common questions
How do you say hit in Malayalam?
അടിക്കുക (adikkuka), to hit, beat or strike.
How do you say affected by something?
ബാധിച്ച (baadhicha), hit or harmed by something such as a disease or a flood.