Roughness in Malayalam
Roughness is പരുഷത (parushatha), and it covers both a rough surface and rough speech. A harsh reply and a coarse wall can be described with the same noun, which says something about how Malayalam groups the two.
Most common translation
Roughness, harshness, hardness, crudeness.
അവന്റെ വാക്കിലെ പരുഷത എന്നെ വേദനിപ്പിച്ചു.
avante vaakkile parushatha enne vedanippichu.
The harshness in his words hurt me.
All Malayalam words for “roughness”
- പരുഷത (parushatha) — Roughness, harshness, hardness, crudeness.
- മുരടത്തം (muradatham) — Stubbornness, roughness, perverseness.
muradatham is about a person being stubborn and gruff rather than about texture, so it will not serve for the roughness of a surface.
Common questions
How do you say roughness in Malayalam?
Say പരുഷത (parushatha).
Does parushatha cover harsh words?
Yes. The same noun is used for harshness of speech as for roughness of surface.