Robbing in Malayalam
Neither entry is a clean match for robbing. തട്ടല് (thattal) is the verbal noun of a verb that spans knocking, brushing against and making off with something, and only the last of those reaches the English word.
Knocking, touching, robbing.
വാതിലിൽ തട്ടല് കേട്ട് ഞാൻ എഴുന്നേറ്റു.
vaathilil thattal kett njaan ezhunnettu.
Hearing a knock at the door I got up.
All Malayalam words for “robbing”
- തട്ടല് (thattal) — Knocking, touching, robbing.
- ആച്ഛേദനം (aachedanam) — Cutting off, robbing.
aachedanam means cutting off, and the robbing sense attached to it is literary and all but dead; for the ordinary idea of robbing, use the verbal noun of the verb given at the entry for rob.
Common questions
How do you say robbing in Malayalam?
Use the verbal noun of the verb for robbing; തട്ടല് (thattal) carries the sense only in its slang use of making off with something.
Why does thattal mean knocking as well?
Because the verb behind it is about striking or brushing against a thing, and taking it away is a later, slangy extension.