Rut in Malayalam
Rut in the animal sense is covered by the verb മദിക്കുക (madikkuka), to be in heat or intoxicated with excitement, used above all of bull elephants. There is no noun here for the rutting season itself.
Be haughty or arrogant, be intoxicated, be delighted, be in rut.
ജയം കിട്ടിയാൽ മദിക്കുക എന്നത് നല്ലതല്ല.
jayam kittiyaal madikkuka ennathu nallathalla.
Becoming haughty after a win is not good.
All Malayalam words for “rut”
- മദിക്കുക (madikkuka) — Be haughty or arrogant, be intoxicated, be delighted, be in rut.
- ഉത്കടം (uthkadam) — Anger, fluid from the temples of a rogue elephant(in rut), excessiveness, intoxication.
uthkadam names the fluid that runs from a rutting elephant and the excess that goes with it; the English senses of a wheel groove and a dull routine are not covered at all.
Common questions
How do you say rut in Malayalam?
For an animal in rut, മദിക്കുക (madikkuka). The groove and routine senses have no entry here.
Which word is used of elephants?
Both: മദിക്കുക (madikkuka) for the state and ഉത്കടം (uthkadam) for the temporal fluid that signals it.