Stare in Malayalam
Staring at someone is തുറിച്ചു നോക്കുക (thurichu nokkuka), built from the verb of looking plus the word for eyes held wide. The halves are easy to hear, thu-ri-chu no-kku-ka, with the weight on the first syllable of each. It carries the same faint rudeness as the English word, so it suits an unwanted stare in a bus queue.
തുറിച്ചു നോക്കുക (thurichu nokkuka)
Gaze, stare.
അപരിചിതരെ തുറിച്ചു നോക്കുക മര്യാദയല്ല.
aparichithare thurichu nokkuka maryaadayalla
Staring at strangers is not polite.
All Malayalam words for “stare”
- തുറിച്ചു നോക്കുക (thurichu nokkuka) — Gaze, stare.
- തുറിക്കുക (thurikkuka) — Protrude, stare, project, bulge.
തുറിക്കുക (thurikkuka) on its own is about bulging or protruding, including eyes that bulge, and it only reaches the sense of staring inside this compound.
Common questions
How do you say stare in Malayalam?
Stare is തുറിച്ചു നോക്കുക (thurichu nokkuka).
What is the difference between thurikkuka and thurichu nokkuka?
തുറിക്കുക (thurikkuka) describes something sticking out, while adding the verb of looking gives തുറിച്ചു നോക്കുക (thurichu nokkuka), the fixed stare at a person or thing.