Knocking in Malayalam
Knocking is തട്ടല് (thattal) in Malayalam, the tapping of a hand on a door. The same noun covers touching and, in loose speech, making off with something, so the sentence has to settle it.
Most common translation
Knocking, touching, robbing.
വാതിലിൽ തട്ടല് കേട്ട് ഞാൻ എഴുന്നേറ്റു.
vaathilil thattal kett njaan ezhunnettu.
Hearing a knock at the door I got up.
Dictionary entry
- തട്ടല് (thattal) — Knocking, touching, robbing.
This is the only option, and its sense of robbing comes from slangy use, worth knowing before the word is reused.
Common questions
How do you say knocking in Malayalam?
തട്ടല് (thattal) is the noun.
Does it have another meaning?
Yes, touching and pilfering both fall within it.