Perish in Malayalam
When something is destroyed or comes to nothing, Malayalam says നശിക്കുക (nasikkuka). It is neutral and widely used, of crops, property and health, and it works in speech as well as in writing.
Perish, decay, decline, be destroyed.
വെയിലിൽ മുറ്റത്തെ ചെടികൾ നശിക്കുകയാണ്.
veyilil muttathe chedikal nasikkukayaanu.
The plants in the yard are withering in the sun.
All Malayalam words for “perish”
- നശിക്കുക (nasikkuka) — Perish, decay, decline, be destroyed.
- തുലയുക (thulayuka) — Perish, die, end.
- അസ്തുവാകുക (asthuvakuka) — Cease to exist, perish, die.
- നഷ്ടപ്പെടുക (nashtappeduka) — Lose, perish.
- പൊലിയുക (poliyuka) — Be put out, go out, be extinguished, increase, shine, perish.
- തുലയ്ക്കുക (thulaykkuka) — Ruin, destroy, cause to perish, kill, finish somehow, (idm.) squander, waste.
തുലയുക (thulayuka) and നഷ്ടപ്പെടുക (nashtappeduka) are everyday but blunter, the first with a flavour of being done for and the second meaning to be lost; തുലയ്ക്കുക (thulaykkuka) is the causative, to ruin something. അസ്തുവാകുക (asthuvakuka) and പൊലിയുക (poliyuka) are literary and often used of a life being extinguished.
Common questions
How would you translate perish into Malayalam?
നശിക്കുക (nasikkuka) is the general verb, used of anything that is destroyed or decays.
What is the difference between thulayuka and thulaykkuka?
തുലയുക (thulayuka) is what happens to a thing, it perishes, while തുലയ്ക്കുക (thulaykkuka) is what someone does to it: ruins or squanders it.