Talking in Malayalam
When talking is the activity itself, Malayalam turns the verb into a noun: സംസാരിക്കുന്നത് (samsaarikkunnathu), the speaking that is going on. മിണ്ടാട്ടം (mindaattam) is an older noun for opening your mouth to say anything at all, and it shows up mostly in the negative, about a child who will not say a word.
സംസാരിക്കുന്നത് (samsaarikkunnathu)
Speaking; the act of talking, saying words aloud.
ക്ലാസിൽ ഉറക്കെ സംസാരിക്കുന്നത് ശരിയല്ല.
klaasil urakke samsaarikkunnathu shariyalla.
Speaking loudly in class is not right.
All Malayalam words for “talking”
- സംസാരിക്കുന്നത് (samsaarikkunnathu) — Speaking; the act of talking, saying words aloud.
- മിണ്ടാട്ടം (mindaattam) — Talking, opening the mouth to say sth.
- അതിവചനം (athivachanam) — Talking too much, abuse, verbosity.
- കത്തി (kathi) — Knife, razor, a demoniac character in Kathakali, (idm) a chatterbox who'kills' others by his incessant talking.
- ഭാഷ (bhaasha) — Language, the speech of a people, a tongue used for talking and writing.
- വാചാലത (vaachaalatha) — Talkativeness, eloquence, fluency, habit of talking too much.
- വിമ്മിട്ടം (vimmittam) — Difficulty in breathing, talking distress, affliction.
The other entries name kinds of talking rather than talking itself: വാചാലത (vaachaalatha) is talkativeness and അതിവചനം (athivachanam) is talking too much.
Common questions
How do you say talking in Malayalam?
സംസാരിക്കുന്നത് (samsaarikkunnathu) for the act of talking, and മിണ്ടാട്ടം (mindaattam) for speech in the sense of saying a word at all.
Which word fits someone who talks nonstop?
വാചാലത (vaachaalatha) names the habit, and the slangy കത്തി (kathi), literally a knife, is what Keralites call the person.