Shatter in Malayalam
When something shatters by itself, a glass or a bulb, Malayalam says പൊട്ടുക (pottuka), a verb spanning breaking, bursting and going to pieces. To shatter something deliberately you want the causative തെറിപ്പിക്കുക (therippikkuka).
Most common translation
Break, burst, shatter, fail, sprout.
ബലൂൺ പെട്ടെന്ന് പൊട്ടി.
baloon pettennu potti.
The balloon burst suddenly.
All Malayalam words for “shatter”
- പൊട്ടുക (pottuka) — Break, burst, shatter, fail, sprout.
- തെറിപ്പിക്കുക (therippikkuka) — Cast off, shatter, smash, cut off.
- പൊടിക്കുക (podikkuka) — Pulverize, reduce to powder; (idm.) destroy, shatter.
- തെറി (theri) — (root) be scattered, shatter and fall around, break away, sputter, splash about.
പൊടിക്കുക (podikkuka) is to pulverise and is used figuratively for destroying someone, while തെറി (theri) is the bare root behind scattering and sputtering rather than a word used on its own.
Common questions
How do you say shatter in Malayalam?
Use പൊട്ടുക (pottuka) when something shatters, and തെറിപ്പിക്കുക (therippikkuka) when someone shatters it.
Which word would a news report use about a smashed windscreen?
തെറിപ്പിക്കുക (therippikkuka), since something or someone did the smashing.