Temper in Malayalam
ശുണ്ഠി (shundi) is temper in the sense English uses most: a short fuse, habitual anger that goes off quickly. It names the disposition rather than one outburst.
Most common translation
Habitual anger, hot temper, quick temper.
അവന് പെട്ടെന്ന് ശുണ്ഠി വരും.
avanu pettennu shundi varum.
He gets angry quickly.
All Malayalam words for “temper”
- ശുണ്ഠി (shundi) — Habitual anger, hot temper, quick temper.
- പരുവം (paruvam) — Maturity, proper condition or time, circumstance, opportunity, temper, phase, age, season.
- മയക്കുക (mayakkuka) — Cause unconsciousness or drowsiness, entice, make mild or soft, temper.
- പതംവരുക (pathamvaruka) — Soften, give the proper temper, give a dressing by beating.
The metalworking sense is separate: പതംവരുക (pathamvaruka) is to bring something to the right temper and മയക്കുക (mayakkuka) is to soften or mellow. പരുവം (paruvam) means maturity or the right condition and only brushes against temper.
Common questions
How do you say temper in Malayalam?
ശുണ്ഠി (shundi), for a hot temper.
How do you say he lost his temper?
Kerala puts it as anger coming to him; ശുണ്ഠി (shundi) names the standing trait, not the moment it breaks out.