Trickling in Malayalam

Trickling as a noun, the slow oozing of liquid, is ചോര്‍ച്ച (chorcha) in this list, from the verb for draining or oozing. Say vaar-cha, long on the first syllable. It fits water seeping from wet earth or a wound weeping slowly.

Most common translation

വാര്‍ച്ച (vaarcha)

Oozing, leaking, trickling, high tide.

പാത്രത്തിന്റെ അടിയിൽ വാർച്ചയുണ്ട്

pathrathinte adiyil vaarchayundu

There is a leak at the bottom of the vessel.

All Malayalam words for “trickling”

വാര്‍ച്ച (vaarcha) names the same movement from the other side, a leak, so it is the word for a dripping roof rather than for liquid trickling in general.

Common questions

How do you say trickling in Malayalam?

Trickling is ചോര്‍ച്ച (chorcha).

What word do I use for a leaking roof?

വാര്‍ച്ച (vaarcha), the word for leakage, is the one for water coming through a roof.