Turbulence in Malayalam
Turbulence is കോളിളക്കം (kolilakkam), ko-li-la-kkam, a word whose first element is the heaving of the sea. Malayalam uses it for a storm on water and, by extension, for political and social upheaval. It carries real force and is not a mild word.
Most common translation
Turbulence, agitation, storm.
ആ വാർത്ത നാട്ടിൽ കോളിളക്കം ഉണ്ടാക്കി.
aa vaartha naattil kolilakkam undaakki.
That news created turbulence in the village.
All Malayalam words for “turbulence”
- കോളിളക്കം (kolilakkam) — Turbulence, agitation, storm.
- ക്ഷോഭം (kshobham) — Agitation, turbulence, fright.
ക്ഷോഭം (kshobham) is agitation and fright in a person, so it suits inner turmoil rather than turbulent conditions outside.
Common questions
How do you say turbulence in Malayalam?
Turbulence is കോളിളക്കം (kolilakkam).
Which word fits turbulence on a flight?
Neither candidate is aviation vocabulary; Kerala speech uses the English word, while കോളിളക്കം (kolilakkam) describes a storm or upheaval.