Turning in Malayalam
Turning as a noun is തിരിവ് (thiriv), thi-riv, the place or moment where something turns. It serves for a turning on a road and for a change of direction in an argument or a life. The dictionary adds a dismissive sense, a thing turned down or spoiled.
Turning, deviation, change, rejected thing, a thing rendered bad.
റോഡിന്റെ തിരിവിൽ ഒരു കട ഉണ്ട്.
roadinte thirivil oru kada undu.
There is a shop at the bend of the road.
All Malayalam words for “turning”
- തിരിവ് (thiriv) — Turning, deviation, change, rejected thing, a thing rendered bad.
- കുഴിക്കുക (kuzhikkuka) — To dig, to excavate, to make a hole by turning over soil.
- ചിന്ത (chintha) — Thinking, thought, the act of turning something over in the mind.
- തകടം (thakadam) — Turning topsyturvy, turning upside down, confusion.
- നിര്വ്വഹണം (nirvvahanam) — Consummation, accomplishment, the last of the five turning points in drama, denouement.
- മറിച്ചല് (marichal) — Change, alteration, turning over, fall, deceit, somersault.
- മാറുന്ന (maarunna) — Becoming, turning into, growing to be (present participle of maaruka, to change); changing; becoming different, in the middle of a change; the noun change is maattam.
- വഴിത്തിരിവ് (vazhithiriv) — Turning point.
- വിജയകരമായ (vijayakaramaaya) — Successful, turning out well, achieving what was aimed at.
മറിച്ചല് (marichal) is turning over or reversal, closer to an overturning, and മാറുന്ന (maarunna) is becoming or turning into something, which is a different idea again.
Common questions
How do you say turning in Malayalam?
A turning is തിരിവ് (thiriv).
Which word fits a turning point?
തിരിവ് (thiriv) carries that sense in speech; in drama, the formal word for the decisive turn is നിര്വ്വഹണം (nirvvahanam), the denouement.