Thick in Malayalam
ഇടതിങ്ങിയ (idathingiya) is thick in the sense of dense: a thick crowd, thick undergrowth, hair growing thick. The verb behind it is ഇടതിങ്ങുക (idathinguka), to grow dense.
Dense, thick.
ഇടതിങ്ങിയ കാട്ടിലൂടെ ഞങ്ങൾ നടന്നു.
idathingiya kaattiloode njangal nadannu
We walked through the dense forest.
All Malayalam words for “thick”
- ഇടതിങ്ങിയ (idathingiya) — Dense, thick.
- ഇടതിങ്ങുക (idathinguka) — Be dense or thick, grow thick or dense.
- കാട് (kaadu) — Forest, a large area thick with trees, woods, jungle.
- ക്രീം (kreem) — Cream; the thick fatty part of milk; also a soft paste used on the skin.
- തളിരം (thaliram) — Thick plank of timber, log.
- പാനി (paani) — Drinking water, a concentrated form of toddy, thick jaggery, a pot for gathering toddy.
- വടം (vadam) — Banyan tree, strong, thick rope.
Thick in the sense of a thick plank or a thick wall is a different adjective, built on the noun for thickness, and it is not in this list. തളിരം (thaliram) is itself a thick plank, and ക്രീം (kreem) is here only because cream is thick.
Common questions
How do you say thick in Malayalam?
ഇടതിങ്ങിയ (idathingiya) for dense or closely packed; a thick object takes a different adjective, built on the noun for thickness.
How do you say the forest is thick?
With ഇടതിങ്ങിയ (idathingiya) or the verb ഇടതിങ്ങുക (idathinguka); കാട് (kaadu) is the forest itself, glossed as an area thick with trees.