Quick in Malayalam
എളുതായ (eluthaya) is offered here for quick, though its first sense is easy, with quick following from it the way English says a quick job meaning an easy one. It is an adjective and sits before its noun. The th is dental and the ending aya is the adjectival marker.
Easy, quick.
ഇത് എളുതായ ഒരു ജോലിയാണ്.
ithu eluthaya oru joliyaanu.
This is an easy job.
All Malayalam words for “quick”
- എളുതായ (eluthaya) — Easy, quick.
- അരണ ബുദ്ധി (arana budhi) — The habit of quick forgetfulness.
- ശുണ്ഠി (shundi) — Habitual anger, hot temper, quick temper.
- ശുണ്ഠിക്കാരന് (shundikkaaran) — An easily provoked or quick tempered man.
For quick in the sense of fast moving, Malayalam uses an adjective built on its noun for speed, which is not among these candidates; ശുണ്ഠി (shundi) and ശുണ്ഠിക്കാരന് (shundikkaaran) here are about a quick temper, and അരണ ബുദ്ധി (arana budhi) is quick forgetfulness.
Common questions
How do you say quick in Malayalam?
എളുതായ (eluthaya) covers quick in the sense of easy and soon done; for quick as in fast, Malayalam forms an adjective from its word for speed.
How do you say quick tempered?
A man of that sort is ശുണ്ഠിക്കാരന് (shundikkaaran), and the temper itself is ശുണ്ഠി (shundi).