Skyscraping in Malayalam
Skyscraping is അംബരചുംബി (ambarachumbi), built from a poetic word for sky plus a root meaning to touch or kiss, so it says sky-kissing. It is used for towers, peaks and, in rhetoric, for ambitions. The register is firmly literary.
Most common translation
Skyscraping, very high.
നഗരത്തിൽ അംബരചുംബികളായ കെട്ടിടങ്ങൾ ഉയരുന്നു.
nagarathil ambarachumbikalaaya kettidangal uyarunnu.
Skyscraping buildings are rising in the city.
Dictionary entry
- അംബരചുംബി (ambarachumbi) — Skyscraping, very high.
It is an adjective about height, not the noun skyscraper; for the building itself Kerala papers use a different compound or the English loan.
Common questions
How do you say skyscraping in Malayalam?
അംബരചുംബി (ambarachumbi), very high, literally touching the sky.
Can I use it for a skyscraper?
Not on its own. അംബരചുംബി (ambarachumbi) describes the height; you still need a noun such as building after it.