Stumble in Malayalam
ഇടറുക (idaruka) is to stumble, to catch your foot and lose your step. Say i-da-ru-ka with a retroflex d. It stretches to stumbling over words and to slipping up in general.
Most common translation
Slip, stumble, err.
ഓടുമ്പോൾ കുട്ടി കല്ലിൽ ഇടറുകയാണ്.
odumpol kutti kallil idarukayaanu.
The child stumbles on a stone while running.
All Malayalam words for “stumble”
- ഇടറുക (idaruka) — Slip, stumble, err.
- അടിതെറ്റുക (adithettuka) — Stumble.
- തെറ്റുക (thettuka) — Error, stumble, slip, quarrel, shoot, splash.
അടിതെറ്റുക (adithettuka) is a narrower word for a missed step, and തെറ്റുക (thettuka) is error or mistake, where stumbling is one sense among several.
Common questions
How do you say stumble in Malayalam?
To stumble is ഇടറുക (idaruka).
Can idaruka be used about speech?
Yes. A speaker who falters or a reader who trips over a line is described with it, exactly as English says they stumbled.