Kick in Malayalam
A kick is തൊഴി (thozhi) in Malayalam, a blow struck with the foot. The same noun is used of beating the breast in grief, which shows it is about the striking rather than about sport.
Most common translation
Kick, striking with the foot, beating the breast (out of grief).
പശു ഒരു തൊഴി തന്നു.
pashu oru thozhi thannu.
The cow gave a kick.
All Malayalam words for “kick”
- തൊഴി (thozhi) — Kick, striking with the foot, beating the breast (out of grief).
- കഥ കഴിയുക (kadha kazhiyuka) — Die, kick the bucket.
- വെടി (vedi) — Shot, the firing of a gun, a gunshot; a kick or attempt in a game is called shottu.
വെടി (vedi) is a shot rather than a kick, and കഥ കഴിയുക (kadha kazhiyuka) is the idiom matching kick the bucket.
Common questions
How do you say kick in Malayalam?
തൊഴി (thozhi) names the kick itself.
Is there an idiom using kick?
Yes, കഥ കഴിയുക (kadha kazhiyuka) means to die, much as kicking the bucket does.