Tightness in Malayalam
മുറുക്കം (murukkam) is tightness, the noun from the verb for tightening, good for a tight knot, firm packing or a tight schedule. Used of a person it means obstinacy, a refusal to loosen. It shares the doubled consonant of its parent verb.
Most common translation
Tightness, firmness, obstinacy.
കയറിന്റെ മുറുക്കം ഒന്ന് കുറയ്ക്കൂ.
kayarinte murukkam onnu kuraykkoo.
Reduce the tightness of the rope a little.
All Malayalam words for “tightness”
- മുറുക്കം (murukkam) — Tightness, firmness, obstinacy.
- പിടിമുറുക്കം (pidimurukkam) — Grip, tightness of grasp or grip, firm grip.
പിടിമുറുക്കം (pidimurukkam) is narrower, the tightness of a grip or hold, and it is the word in reports about one side tightening its grip.
Common questions
How do you say tightness in Malayalam?
മുറുക്കം (murukkam) for tightness or firmness in general.
When would you choose പിടിമുറുക്കം (pidimurukkam)?
When the tightness is a grasp, since that word puts the noun for grip in front of the same root.