Myopia in Malayalam
Myopia in plain language is കാഴ്ചക്കുറവ് (kaazhchakkurav), shortness of sight. Clinics also use the Sanskrit term ഹ്രസ്വദൃഷ്ടി (hraswadrishti) on prescriptions and reports.
Most common translation
Short sight, myopia.
മുത്തശ്ശന് ഇപ്പോൾ നല്ല കാഴ്ചക്കുറവ് ഉണ്ട്.
muthassanu ippol nalla kaazhchakkurav und.
Grandfather now has quite poor eyesight.
All Malayalam words for “myopia”
- കാഴ്ചക്കുറവ് (kaazhchakkurav) — Short sight, myopia.
- ഹ്രസ്വ ദൃഷ്ടി (Hraswa Drishti) — Not far sighted, myopia, shortness of sight.
- ഹ്രസ്വദൃഷ്ടി (hraswadrishti) — Not far-sighted; an eye disease, myopia, shortness of sight, short sight.
കാഴ്ചക്കുറവ് (kaazhchakkurav) is the everyday phrase, while ഹ്രസ്വദൃഷ്ടി (hraswadrishti) and its variant ഹ്രസ്വ ദൃഷ്ടി (Hraswa Drishti) are the technical names for the same condition.
Common questions
How do you say myopia in Malayalam?
Say കാഴ്ചക്കുറവ് (kaazhchakkurav).
What term would an eye doctor use?
ഹ്രസ്വദൃഷ്ടി (hraswadrishti), the technical word for short sight.