Touch in Malayalam
തൊടുക (thoduka) is to touch, to put a hand on something, and it is the first verb a Malayali child is told not to do. The formal equivalent സ്പര്ശിക്കുക (sparshikkuka) appears in writing and in religious contexts. Three light syllables with a soft dental at the front.
Touch, to put the hand on something; to make contact with.
ചൂടുള്ള പാത്രത്തിൽ തൊടരുത്.
choodulla paathrathil thodaruthu.
Do not touch the hot vessel.
All Malayalam words for “touch”
- തൊടുക (thoduka) — Touch, to put the hand on something; to make contact with.
- പരാമര്ശിക്കുക (paraamarshikkuka) — Touch, hint, refer, think critically, mention.
- സ്പര്ശിക്കുക (sparshikkuka) — Touch, feel by touching.
- പരിശീലനം (parisheelanam) — Practice, training, study, touch.
- പൃഷ്ടി (prishti) — Search, question, touch, ray, rib.
- സമ്പര്ക്കം (sambarkkam) — Company, contact, touch, association.
- ചൂടുള്ള (choodulla) — Hot, warm to the touch; of high temperature, said of food, water or weather.
- തൊടുവിക്കുക (thoduvikkuka) — Cause to touch, mark with sandalwood paste on the forehead (as a caste-mark).
- ഭൂസ്പര്ശം (bhoosparsham) — Earthly contact, touch with the earth.
- മൃദുവായ (mriduvaya) — Soft; smooth and yielding to the touch, not hard.
പരാമര്ശിക്കുക (paraamarshikkuka) is touch in the figurative sense of touching on a subject, and സമ്പര്ക്കം (sambarkkam) is being in touch with someone, contact rather than physical touch.
Common questions
How do you say touch in Malayalam?
തൊടുക (thoduka) for the physical act; സ്പര്ശിക്കുക (sparshikkuka) is its formal counterpart.
How do you say to be in touch?
സമ്പര്ക്കം (sambarkkam) is the noun for contact or association, which is what Malayalam uses there.