Stroke in Malayalam

ആഘാതമേല്‍ക്കുക (aaghaathamelkkuka) is a verb phrase, to receive a blow or stroke, built on the noun for an impact. Say aa-ghaa-tha-melk-ku-ka. There is no plain noun for stroke in this entry; the nearest nouns here are the two for a stroke of lightning.

Most common translation

ആഘാതമേല്‍ക്കുക (aaghaathamelkkuka)

Receive a blow, stroke or wound.

തലയ്ക്ക് ആഘാതമേല്‍ക്കുക ആരും ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നില്ല.

thalaykku aaghaathamelkkuka aarum aagrahikkunnilla.

Nobody wants to take a blow to the head.

All Malayalam words for “stroke”

ഇടിവെട്ട് (idivett) is a lightning stroke and ഇടിവാള്‍ (idival) a thunderbolt. A medical stroke is named with a different compound, not listed here.

Common questions

How do you say stroke in Malayalam?

To take a stroke or blow is ആഘാതമേല്‍ക്കുക (aaghaathamelkkuka); a stroke of lightning is ഇടിവെട്ട് (idivett).

How do you say a stroke in the medical sense?

With the Malayalam compound for the paralysis that follows a brain attack, which is not among these entries. The words here are about physical blows.