Penurious in Malayalam
The entry here is നിര്ദ്ധനന് (nirddhanan), which names a penurious man, a person without means. Malayalam builds it from a negative prefix and the word for wealth, so it reads literally as the wealthless one. Say nir-ddha-nan.
Most common translation
Penurious man, poor man, a man of poverty.
നിര്ദ്ധനനായ വിദ്യാര്ത്ഥിക്ക് സഹായം കിട്ടി.
nirddhananaya vidyarthikku sahayam kitti.
The poor student got help.
Dictionary entry
- നിര്ദ്ധനന് (nirddhanan) — Penurious man, poor man, a man of poverty.
It is a noun for a person, not an adjective, so it cannot stand in front of a noun the way English penurious does, and the sense of stingy is no part of it.
Common questions
How do you say penurious in Malayalam?
The nearest word is നിര്ദ്ധനന് (nirddhanan), a man of poverty, used as a noun rather than an adjective.
Does it mean mean with money?
No. nirddhanan says the person has no money, not that he is unwilling to part with it.