Insignificant in Malayalam
Insignificant matters are called ചില്ലറ (chillara), the same word that means small change. Calling something chillara dismisses it as petty. This is spoken Malayalam with a touch of scorn in it.
Most common translation
Insignificant, not much.
ഇത് ചില്ലറ കാര്യമല്ല.
ithu chillara kaaryamalla.
This is no small matter.
All Malayalam words for “insignificant”
- ചില്ലറ (chillara) — Insignificant, not much.
- ചെറിയ (cheriya) — Small, short, little, insignificant, tender.
- ലഘു (laghu) — Light, trivial, trifling, easy, simple, insignificant; one short vowel in metre.
- തുച്ഛം (thucham) — A little, a trifling or insignificant portion.
- രോമം (romam) — Hair (of the body), water, pore, hole, (fig.) a trifling or insignificant thing.
- ലൊടുക്ക് (lodukk) — Insignificant thing.
chillara dismisses something as petty, thucham means a trifling portion, laghu is light or trivial in a formal register, and lodukk names an insignificant thing outright.
Common questions
How do you say insignificant in Malayalam?
ചില്ലറ (chillara), petty or not much.
Which word is used in formal writing?
laghu, meaning trivial, slight or insignificant.