Sharp in Malayalam
None of these entries is the everyday word for a sharp blade. The closest is നിശിത (nisitha), a Sanskrit adjective meaning sharp or incisive, which Malayalam keeps mostly for sharp words, sharp wit and sharp criticism.
Sharp, incisive.
അവന്റെ നിശിത വിമർശനം എല്ലാവരും കേട്ടു.
avante nisitha vimarshanam ellaavarum kettu.
Everyone heard his sharp criticism.
All Malayalam words for “sharp”
- നിശിത (nisitha) — Sharp, incisive.
- അസ്ഥൂല (asthoola) — Keen, sharp, thin.
- കയ്പുള്ള (kaypulla) — Bitter, having a sharp unpleasant taste like bitter gourd or medicine; harsh in flavour.
- കയ്പ്പുള്ള (kaippulla) — Bitter, having a sharp unpleasant taste; also harsh or painful in feeling.
- ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക (klikk cheyyuka) — Click; to press a mouse button or tap a link on a screen, also the small sharp sound of something snapping.
- പുളിയുള്ള (puliyulla) — Sour, having a sharp acidic taste like lemon or raw mango; tart.
- പോറല് (poral) — Scratch made by a sharp point; (idm.) flaw, fault, blemish, bad name fame, ill repute.
- പ്രദര്ശം (pradarsham) — View, sight, look, appearance, direction, sharp point.
- മൂര്ച്ച (moorcha) — Sharp edge of a (razor, knife, sword, etc.), sharpness, cutting edge.
kaypulla and kaippulla are sharp in taste, bitter, puliyulla is sour, and poral is the scratch a sharp point leaves, so none of them translates a sharp knife.
Common questions
How do you say sharp in Malayalam?
നിശിത (nisitha) covers sharp as in incisive. For a sharp edge Malayalam builds the adjective from the noun for a cutting edge, which this dictionary keeps under sharpness.
Which word fits a sharp taste?
കയ്പുള്ള (kaypulla) for a bitter sharpness and പുളിയുള്ള (puliyulla) for a sour one.