Stagnant in Malayalam
Stagnant is ഒഴുകാത്ത (ozhukatha), literally not flowing, the negative relative form of the verb to flow. It describes water lying still in a ditch or a pond. Four syllables, with the k pronounced lightly between vowels.
Most common translation
Stagnant.
ഒഴുകാത്ത വെള്ളത്തിൽ കൊതുക് വളരും.
ozhukatha vellaththil kothuku valarum.
Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water.
Dictionary entry
- ഒഴുകാത്ത (ozhukatha) — Stagnant.
This is the only entry, and it is built as a plain negation, so it works for anything that has stopped moving; applied to an economy it would read as a borrowed image rather than the usual term.
Common questions
How do you say stagnant in Malayalam?
ഒഴുകാത്ത (ozhukatha), literally not flowing.
How is the word formed?
From the verb meaning to flow with a negative ending, which is the regular way Malayalam makes an adjective out of a verb that is not happening.