Misty in Malayalam
Mist and the mistiness of a morning are both മൂടല് (moodal) in Malayalam. It is a noun built from the verb for covering, so it describes the haze that covers a hill or a windscreen rather than working as an adjective the way misty does. The oo is long, moo-dal.
Misty appearance, dimness, cloudy sky, covering.
രാവിലെ മലയിൽ മൂടല് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
raavile malayil moodal undaayirunnu
In the morning there was mist on the hill.
All Malayalam words for “misty”
- മൂടല് (moodal) — Misty appearance, dimness, cloudy sky, covering.
- അസ്ഫുടത (asphudatha) — Blurred, misty or not clear.
മൂടല് (moodal) is the mist itself, the haze or cloudiness you can see. അസ്ഫുടത (asphudatha) is an abstract noun for lack of clarity, used of blurred images, sounds or ideas rather than of weather.
Common questions
How do you say misty in Malayalam?
Malayalam uses the noun മൂടല് (moodal) for mist or haze and builds the describing phrase around it, since there is no one-word adjective here.
What would I use for a blurred photo?
അസ്ഫുടത (asphudatha), which names the lack of sharpness or clarity rather than fog in the air.