Rack in Malayalam
There is no word here for a rack as a shelf or frame. The single entry is നാശനഷ്ടം (naashanashtam), which translates the English phrase rack and ruin, that is, damage and loss taken together. It is a compound of the nouns for destruction and loss, and insurance and news writing use it for damages.
Rack and ruin.
മഴ വലിയ നാശനഷ്ടം ഉണ്ടാക്കി.
mazha valiya naashanashtam undaakki.
The rain caused great damage.
Dictionary entry
- നാശനഷ്ടം (naashanashtam) — Rack and ruin.
If you want a luggage rack or a kitchen rack, Malayalam borrows the English word; naashanashtam belongs to talk of losses and devastation, not furniture.
Common questions
How do you say rack in Malayalam?
Not with this entry. നാശനഷ്ടം (naashanashtam) renders the phrase rack and ruin; for a physical rack, speakers use the English word.
Where would you meet naashanashtam?
In reports of storm damage, accident claims and anything accounting for destruction and loss.