Touching in Malayalam

തൊടല്‍ (thodal) is the act of touching, the verbal noun from the verb for touch, and it is the plain choice for touching as a thing one does. സ്പര്‍ശിക്കുക (sparshikkuka) is the verb itself when what you need is touching in the sense of making contact. Two syllables ending on the retroflex l.

Most common translation

തൊടല്‍ (thodal)

Touching, chain.

ചൂടുള്ള പാത്രത്തിൽ തൊടല്‍ അപകടമാണ്.

choodulla paathrathil thodal apakadamaanu.

Touching a hot vessel is dangerous.

All Malayalam words for “touching”

Nothing here covers touching in the emotional sense of moving a person; ഏശല്‍ (eshal) and തട്ടല്‍ (thattal) are about contact and knocking, and അസ്പര്‍ശ (asparsha) is the negative, not touching.

Common questions

How do you say touching in Malayalam?

തൊടല്‍ (thodal) for the act of touching.

How do you say a touching story?

Not with these words. Malayalam describes it as a story that touches the mind, built from a different verb.