Trifling in Malayalam
Something trifling is തുച്ഛം (thucham), thu-cham, a Sanskritic word for a quantity so small it hardly counts. It is the word a Malayalam newspaper picks for a trifling sum or a trifling share. Formal in tone and never rude.
Most common translation
A little, a trifling or insignificant portion.
അവന് കിട്ടിയ ശമ്പളം തുച്ഛമാണ്
avanu kittiya shambalam thuchamanu
The salary he got is meagre.
All Malayalam words for “trifling”
- തുച്ഛം (thucham) — A little, a trifling or insignificant portion.
- പൊട്ട (potta) — Broken, trifling, useless, idiotic.
- ലഘു (laghu) — Light, trivial, trifling, easy, simple, insignificant; one short vowel in metre.
- ചക്ക (chakk) — Jackfruit, wild jackfruit, pineapple; (fig) a mean or despicable action, a trifling thing.
- രോമം (romam) — Hair (of the body), water, pore, hole, (fig.) a trifling or insignificant thing.
ലഘു (laghu) covers light and trivial more broadly, including metre in poetry, and പൊട്ട (potta) carries real contempt, closer to useless or cracked.
Common questions
How do you say trifling in Malayalam?
Trifling is തുച്ഛം (thucham).
Which word do I use for a trifling amount of money?
തുച്ഛം (thucham) is the usual choice, since it means a small and insignificant portion.