Shrinkage in Malayalam

ചുരുങ്ങല്‍ (churungal) is shrinkage, the shrinking, shrivelling and contracting of something. It works for cloth after a wash and for a shrinking of resources.

Most common translation

ചുരുങ്ങല്‍ (churungal)

Shrinkage, shrinking, shrivelling, contracting.

ഷർട്ടിന്റെ ചുരുങ്ങല്‍ അമ്മ കണ്ടു.

shartinte churungal amma kandu.

Mother noticed the shirt's shrinkage.

Dictionary entry

The same root gives the verb to shrink, so churungal is the noun of the process rather than the measured loss an accountant means by shrinkage.

Common questions

How do you say shrinkage in Malayalam?

Use ചുരുങ്ങല്‍ (churungal).

Does it cover cloth shrinking in the wash?

Yes. That is one of its most ordinary uses.