Sliding in Malayalam
Nothing here is a clean match for sliding. പാളിച്ച (palicha) lists sliding among its senses, but its core meanings are blazing, slinking and missing the mark, so it is a word about going wrong rather than about smooth movement. Malayalam normally expresses sliding with a verb for slipping plus the appropriate ending.
Blazing, sliding, looking askance, slinking, slipping, missing the aim, proving futile, failure.
കണക്കുകൂട്ടലിൽ ഒരു പാളിച്ച പറ്റി.
kanakkukoottalil oru palicha patti.
A slip happened in the calculation.
All Malayalam words for “sliding”
- പാളിച്ച (palicha) — Blazing, sliding, looking askance, slinking, slipping, missing the aim, proving futile, failure.
- തെന്നല് (thennal) — Southern wind, zephyr, breeze, slipping, sliding.
തെന്നല് (thennal) is first of all the southern breeze and reaches slipping and sliding only as a secondary sense, so neither candidate should be offered as the plain translation.
Common questions
How do you say sliding in Malayalam?
Use a participle of the verb for slipping; the two nouns listed here cover slipping only among other, stronger meanings.
What about a sliding door?
Kerala carpentry uses the English word sliding as a loan, with the Malayalam word for door after it.