Leakage in Malayalam
Water working its way through a roof or a pipe is ചോര്ച്ച (chorcha), the usual Malayalam noun for leakage. The same word stretches to a leak of gas, of money or of information. Plumbers and news readers alike use it without any change of form.
Most common translation
Leakage, trickling.
മേൽക്കൂരയിൽ ഒരു ചോര്ച്ച ഉണ്ട്.
melkkoorayil oru chorcha undu.
There is a leak in the roof.
All Malayalam words for “leakage”
- ചോര്ച്ച (chorcha) — Leakage, trickling.
- ഞെള്ളല് (nellal) — Leakage, crevice, superiority.
chorcha is the everyday word for a leak, whereas ഞെള്ളല് (nellal) is rare and leans towards the crack or crevice through which something seeps.
Common questions
How do you say leakage in Malayalam?
ചോര്ച്ച (chorcha).
Can chorcha describe a news leak?
Yes, Malayalam uses it figuratively for information leaking out, much as English does.