Hold in Malayalam

The hold you take on something is പിടിത്തം (piditham), from pidikkuka, to catch. It names a grip, and in sport a wrestling hold. Everyday speech also uses it for holding on and for being stubborn about a point.

Most common translation

പിടിത്തം (piditham)

Hold, grasp, withholding, cramp, wrestling, liking.

കയറിലെ പിടിത്തം വിടരുത്.

kayarile piditham vidaruthu.

Do not let go of your grip on the rope.

All Malayalam words for “hold”

piditham is the hold itself and pidichu the past form held or grasped; pidikkuka is to take hold, karasthamakkuka to get hold of or obtain, and ulkkolluka to hold something inside.

Common questions

How do you say hold in Malayalam?

പിടിത്തം (piditham), a hold or grip.

How do you say to get hold of something?

karasthamakkuka, to get hold of or come to possess.