Rack-rent in Malayalam
The entry given for rack rent is അമിത നികുതി (amitha nikuthi), which literally reads excessive tax or levy. It is a transparent compound: the first word means excessive, the second tax. Revenue and political writing use it when a charge is held to be extortionate.
Rack-rent.
അമിത നികുതി കർഷകരെ വിഷമിപ്പിച്ചു.
amitha nikuthi karshakare vishamippichu.
The rack-rent troubled the farmers.
Dictionary entry
- അമിത നികുതി (amitha nikuthi) — Rack-rent.
Strictly this is excessive taxation rather than rent squeezed out of a tenant, so it is an approximation; Malayalam would otherwise say an excessive rent using its own word for rent.
Common questions
How do you say rack-rent in Malayalam?
The dictionary gives അമിത നികുതി (amitha nikuthi), excessive levy, which carries the idea of an extortionate charge rather than rent specifically.
Is there a closer phrase for extortionate rent?
Yes, built with the native word for rent plus the same word for excessive; the entry here uses the tax word instead.