Idle in Malayalam
Being idle in Malayalam is മെനക്കെടുക (menakkeduka), to be without work or to labour in vain. The list gives verbs rather than an adjective, so idleness is described by what the person is doing.
Most common translation
Be without work, become jobless, work in vain, idle.
അവൻ വെറുതെ മെനക്കെട്ടു.
avan veruthe menakkettu.
He laboured in vain.
All Malayalam words for “idle”
- മെനക്കെടുക (menakkeduka) — Be without work, become jobless, work in vain, idle.
- ഈച്ച (eacha) — Be with out any work, site idle.
- കുത്തിയിരിക്കുക (kuthiyirikuka) — (idm.) idle away time, have no work to do, remain lazy.
- മിനക്കെടുക (minakkeduka) — Waste time, remain without work, engage in useless activity, idle away time.
മിനക്കെടുക (minakkeduka) is wasting time on useless activity, കുത്തിയിരിക്കുക (kuthiyirikuka) is the idiom for idling away the hours in laziness, and ഈച്ച (eacha) is simply sitting without work.
Common questions
How do you say idle in Malayalam?
Use the verb മെനക്കെടുക (menakkeduka), to be without work or idle.
Which expression means idling away time?
കുത്തിയിരിക്കുക (kuthiyirikuka) is the idiomatic one for that.