Starvation in Malayalam
പട്ടിണി (pattini) is going without food, whether by force or by choice. Say pat-ti-ni, with a hard doubled t. It covers a hunger strike, a day of fasting and real famine, and the context does the sorting.
Most common translation
Starvation, fasting, privation of food.
പട്ടിണി കിടക്കാതെ എന്തെങ്കിലും കഴിക്കൂ
pattini kidakkaathe enthengilum kazhikkoo
Don't go hungry, eat something.
All Malayalam words for “starvation”
- പട്ടിണി (pattini) — Starvation, fasting, privation of food.
- പഷ്ണി (pashni) — Starvation.
പഷ്ണി (pashni) is a bookish synonym you meet in older writing, while പട്ടിണി (pattini) is the word people actually use.
Common questions
How do you say starvation in Malayalam?
Starvation is പട്ടിണി (pattini).
Does pattini also mean fasting?
Yes. Malayalam uses the one word for both, so a religious fast and a forced hunger are told apart by what is said around it.