Trick in Malayalam
A trick, the small clever move that gets the job done, is പൊടിക്കൈ (podikkai), po-di-kkai, literally a pinch of a hand. It suits a knack, a stage trick and a bit of artifice equally. The word has a sly warmth to it rather than real menace.
Most common translation
Trick, artifice, clever feat, slight but effective (feat, medicine, etc.).
അമ്മയുടെ പൊടിക്കൈ കൊണ്ട് കറി രുചിയായി.
ammayude podikkai kondu kari ruchiyaayi.
With mother's little trick the curry turned tasty.
All Malayalam words for “trick”
- പൊടിക്കൈ (podikkai) — Trick, artifice, clever feat, slight but effective (feat, medicine, etc.).
- കുസൃതി (kusruthi) — Mischief, trick, roguishness.
- ചെപ്പടിവിദ്യ (cheppadividya) — Jugglery, trick, magic.
- ഉപായം (upaayam) — Means for achieving an end, scheme, trick, cunning, one of the four tactics, to win over the enemy, strategy, tactics, contrivance, device.
- കെണി (keni) — Snare, trap, net, trick.
- തന്ത്രം (thanthram) — Cunning, craft, device, tactics, stratagem, trick, art, spiritual administration in temples, theory, system, dependence, rituals.
- കുരുട്ടുവിദ്യ (kuruttuvidya) — Gimmick, simple trick.
- വശീകരണം (vasheekaranam) — Seduction, enticement, the trick by which one entices others.
കുസൃതി (kusruthi) is a child's trick or mischief, ചെപ്പടിവിദ്യ (cheppadividya) is conjuring, and തന്ത്രം (thanthram) is the colder word for a stratagem or ploy.
Common questions
How do you say trick in Malayalam?
Trick is പൊടിക്കൈ (podikkai).
Which word fits a magic trick?
ചെപ്പടിവിദ്യ (cheppadividya), the word for jugglery and conjuring, is what a stage magician's trick is called.