Persecute in Malayalam
മര്ദ്ദിക്കുക (marddikkuka) is the verb for persecuting someone in the physical sense: beating, torturing, pressing them hard. Say mar-ddik-ku-ka. It is strong language, used of torture and of sustained ill treatment.
Most common translation
Inflict heavy blows, torture, persecute, pulverize, press.
മരുന്നിലെ ഇലകൾ നന്നായി മര്ദ്ദിക്കുക.
marunnile ilakal nannaayi marddikkuka.
Crush the leaves for the medicine well.
All Malayalam words for “persecute”
- മര്ദ്ദിക്കുക (marddikkuka) — Inflict heavy blows, torture, persecute, pulverize, press.
- നരുക്കുക (narukkuka) — Crush, strike, torment, persecute, kill.
നരുക്കുക (narukkuka) is more violent still, crushing or killing, and neither verb carries the English sense of persecuting a group for its beliefs, which Malayalam puts with a noun of harassment.
Common questions
How do you say persecute in Malayalam?
Persecute is മര്ദ്ദിക്കുക (marddikkuka).
How do you say religious persecution?
Malayalam joins the word for religion to a noun of harassment or oppression rather than using either verb here.