Reduce in Malayalam
കുറയ്ക്കുക (kuraykkuka) is the verb for reducing: making an amount less, cutting a price, lowering the volume. It is the transitive partner of the verb for becoming less, and it is one of the first hundred verbs a learner needs. Four beats, the doubled consonant held firmly.
Reduce; to make less, to cut down, to lower an amount.
ചെലവ് കുറയ്ക്കാൻ ശ്രമിക്കണം.
chelavu kuraykkan sramikkanam.
We must try to reduce expenses.
All Malayalam words for “reduce”
- കുറയ്ക്കുക (kuraykkuka) — Reduce; to make less, to cut down, to lower an amount.
- ഇള (ila) — To reduce, to subside, to rest.
- നീക്കുക (neekkuka) — Remove, change, push, give up, omit, reduce.
- പോക്കുക (pokkuka) — Throw away, deduct, reduce, waste.
- തരംതാഴ്ത്തുക (tharamthaazhthuka) — Demote, reduce to a lower rank or grade.
- താഴ്ത്തുക (thaazhthuka) — Lower, sink, reduce in rank, demote.
- തെണ്ടിക്കുക (thendikkuka) — Make one a beggar, reduce to beggary, rob one of everything, impoverish.
- പൊടിക്കുക (podikkuka) — Pulverize, reduce to powder; (idm.) destroy, shatter.
- പൊടിയാക്കുക (podiyakkuka) — Pulverize, reduce to powder, destroy, undermine.
നീക്കുക (neekkuka) and പോക്കുക (pokkuka) are about removing or deducting, തരംതാഴ്ത്തുക (tharamthaazhthuka) and താഴ്ത്തുക (thaazhthuka) are about demotion in rank, and തെണ്ടിക്കുക (thendikkuka) means to reduce someone to beggary; ഇള (ila) is an old poetic verb for subsiding.
Common questions
How do you say reduce in Malayalam?
കുറയ്ക്കുക (kuraykkuka), the verb for making something less.
Which word fits reducing someone in rank?
തരംതാഴ്ത്തുക (tharamthaazhthuka) or താഴ്ത്തുക (thaazhthuka), both of which mean demoting rather than lessening an amount.