Lean in Malayalam
For lean in the sense of thin, Malayalam reaches for മെലിയുക (meliyuka), to grow lean or waste away. It is ordinary spoken usage, heard of people, cattle and crops in a dry season. The first syllable is light, me-li-yuka.
Most common translation
Become lean, be emaciated, become weak or weary.
അസുഖം കഴിഞ്ഞ് അവന് വല്ലാതെ മെലിഞ്ഞു
asukham kazhinju avan vallaathe melinju
After the illness, he became very thin.
All Malayalam words for “lean”
- മെലിയുക (meliyuka) — Become lean, be emaciated, become weak or weary.
- ക്ഷീണമദ്ധ്യ (ksheenamaddhya) — Slim, lean, narrow-waisted, beautiful.
- എലുമ്പന് (elumban) — A lean man, an emaciated man.
- ഒട്ടല് (ottal) — Stickiness, shrinking, becoming lean, a kind of bamboo.
- ശുഷ്കിക്കുക (shushkikkuka) — Become thin, dry up, become lean, become shrivelled, emaciated.
- ശോഷിക്കുക (shoshikkuka) — Become thin, dry up, become lean, decline, become emaciated.
മെലിയുക (meliyuka) is simply becoming lean, while ശുഷ്കിക്കുക (shushkikkuka) and ശോഷിക്കുക (shoshikkuka) add drying up and wasting. എലുമ്പന് (elumban) names a bony, lean man and ക്ഷീണമദ്ധ്യ (ksheenamaddhya) is a literary slim-waisted.
Common questions
How do you say lean in Malayalam?
മെലിയുക (meliyuka), to become lean or thin.
Is there a word for a lean man?
എലുമ്പന് (elumban), a lean or emaciated man.