Silly in Malayalam
Neither option here is the everyday Malayalam adjective for a silly person. അതുമിതും (athumithum) literally means this and that, and it is used for idle, pointless talk and odds and ends, so it covers silly in the sense of nonsense rather than of a foolish person. Say a-thu-mi-thum.
Silly, nonsense, odds and ends.
അവർ അതുമിതും പറഞ്ഞ് ഇരുന്നു.
avar athumithum paranju irunnu.
They sat talking of this and that.
All Malayalam words for “silly”
- അതുമിതും (athumithum) — Silly, nonsense, odds and ends.
- മതികെടുക (mathikeduka) — Lose consciousness, be mentally confused, become silly.
അതുമിതും (athumithum) is nonsense and trivia, the aimless things someone rattles on about. മതികെടുക (mathikeduka) is a verb meaning to lose one's wits or become foolish, so it describes a change of state, not a character.
Common questions
How do you say silly in Malayalam?
No listed word is a true match for the adjective. അതുമിതും (athumithum) means nonsense or this-and-that talk, and മതികെടുക (mathikeduka) is to become foolish.
How is അതുമിതും (athumithum) actually used?
Usually about conversation, to dismiss what someone is saying as aimless chatter of no consequence.