Sick-bed in Malayalam
രോഗശയ്യ (rogashayya) is the sick bed, a compound of the words for disease and bed. It belongs to writing, as in a description of somebody confined to it for months.
Most common translation
Sick-bed.
അമ്മ ഒരു മാസം രോഗശയ്യയില് ആയിരുന്നു
amma oru maasam rogashayyayil aayirunnu
Mother was on the sick-bed for a month.
Dictionary entry
- രോഗശയ്യ (rogashayya) — Sick-bed.
The compound is Sanskrit in style rather than a phrase from daily speech, where people simply say the patient is lying down.
Common questions
How do you say sick-bed in Malayalam?
Use രോഗശയ്യ (rogashayya).
Is it used in everyday talk?
Rarely. It is a written word, at home in reports and literary prose.