Putrefaction in Malayalam
Malayalam has no neutral abstract noun for putrefaction in this entry set; the nearest noun is വിടക്ക് (vidakk), which names a corpse or carcass and from there the decay going on in it. The final kk is a held stop, so the word ends abruptly. ചീഞ്ഞ (cheenja) is the participle rotted or decayed, used before a noun.
Corpse, carcass, decay, putrefaction.
കാട്ടിൽ ഒരു വിടക്ക് കണ്ടെന്ന് വേട്ടക്കാരൻ പറഞ്ഞു.
kaattil oru vidakk kandennu vettakkaaran paranju.
The hunter said he saw a carcass in the forest.
All Malayalam words for “putrefaction”
- വിടക്ക് (vidakk) — Corpse, carcass, decay, putrefaction.
- ചീഞ്ഞ (cheenja) — Decayed, rotten, putrefaction, overboiling.
The word vidakk carries a strong smell of the charnel house and is not used for, say, food spoiling on a shelf; for that you would reach for the participle cheenja or the verb for rotting.
Common questions
How do you say putrefaction in Malayalam?
There is no exact one word noun here; വിടക്ക് (vidakk) covers decay of a body, and ചീഞ്ഞ (cheenja) describes something that has rotted.
Which word fits rotten fruit?
ചീഞ്ഞ (cheenja), the participle rotten or decayed, is what goes before the fruit.