Stout in Malayalam
None of these entries is the adjective stout. The closest is തടിക്കുക (thadikkuka), the verb to grow stout or put on weight, pronounced tha-dik-ku-ka. Malayalam describes a stout person with the participle of this verb rather than with a separate adjective.
Become fat, stout and heavy, become obese.
മധുരം അധികം കഴിച്ചാല് തടിക്കും
madhuram adhikam kazhichaal thadikkum
If you eat too many sweets, you will get fat.
All Malayalam words for “stout”
- തടിക്കുക (thadikkuka) — Become fat, stout and heavy, become obese.
- കട്ടയന് (kattayan) — Short, stout man, midget, a podgy person.
- പൊന്തി (ponthi) — Club, stout rod, wooden sword, impartial observer, arbitrator.
- ലാത്തി (laathi) — Stout stick used by policemen, a sort of baton.
കട്ടയന് (kattayan) is a short, podgy man, ലാത്തി (laathi) a policeman's stout stick and പൊന്തി (ponthi) a club, so the stout in those glosses describes the object.
Common questions
How do you say stout in Malayalam?
No adjective is listed here; stoutness is carried by the verb തടിക്കുക (thadikkuka), to become stout, and its participle.
Is it rude to call someone kattayan?
Yes. കട്ടയന് (kattayan) is mocking, nearer to podgy or squat than to stout, so it is not a word to use about someone present.