Incessant in Malayalam
Incessant translates as സന്തത (santhatha), an adjective meaning continuous and unbroken. Say san-tha-tha with soft dental consonants. It belongs to formal and literary Malayalam rather than daily speech.
Most common translation
Incessant, persistent, expanded.
സന്തതമായ മഴ ഞങ്ങളുടെ യാത്ര മുടക്കി.
santhathamaaya mazha njangalude yaathra mudakki.
Incessant rain blocked our journey.
All Malayalam words for “incessant”
- സന്തത (santhatha) — Incessant, persistent, expanded.
- അക്ഷ്ണ (akashana) — Unbroken, incessant, continuous, non-stop, whole.
- കത്തി (kathi) — Knife, razor, a demoniac character in Kathakali, (idm) a chatterbox who'kills' others by his incessant talking.
സന്തത (santhatha) is the real match for incessant, meaning persistent and continuous, while കത്തി (kathi) means a knife and appears here only because of an idiom about a chatterbox who talks incessantly.
Common questions
What is incessant in Malayalam?
Incessant is സന്തത (santhatha).
Why is the word for knife listed under incessant?
Because of an idiom: a കത്തി (kathi) is someone whose incessant talking cuts you down, so the English gloss happens to use the word.