Shortage in Malayalam
കുറവ് (kurav) is the plain word for a shortage, a lack of something, and it is what you hear about water, staff or money. കുറച്ചില് (kurachil) belongs to the same family and sounds a shade more formal.
Most common translation
Deficiency, shortage, defect, lack.
ഇന്ന് ജോലി കുറവാണ്.
innu joli kuravaanu.
There is less work today.
All Malayalam words for “shortage”
- കുറവ് (kurav) — Deficiency, shortage, defect, lack.
- പോരായ്മ (porayama) — Shortage, deficiency, defect, dishonour, disgrace.
- ഹീനം (heenam) — Shortage.
- കുറച്ചില് (kurachil) — Deficiency, shortage, disgrace, ignominy, dishonour.
- ഹാനി (haani) — Violation, damage, shortage, ruin, destruction, loss, harm.
- തൂക്കക്കുറവ് (thookkakkurav) — Underweight, shortage in weight.
porayama and kurachil also carry a sense of disgrace, heenam is a bare Sanskrit word for deficiency, haani is loss or damage, and thookkakkurav is specifically a shortfall in weight.
Common questions
How do you say shortage in Malayalam?
Use കുറവ് (kurav).
How do you say a water shortage?
Put the word for water in front of കുറവ് (kurav).