Unfold in Malayalam
നിവര്ത്തുക (nivarthuka) is to unfold or straighten out, what you do to a folded cloth, a letter or a map. It is a transitive verb with the ordinary infinitive ending, and it also covers straightening a bent back. Nothing about it is literary; speech uses it constantly.
Most common translation
Unfold.
ഭൂപടം മേശമേൽ പതുക്കെ നിവര്ത്തുക.
bhoopadam meshamel pathukke nivarthuka.
Unfold the map slowly on the table.
All Malayalam words for “unfold”
- നിവര്ത്തുക (nivarthuka) — Unfold.
- വിടരുക (vidaruka) — Blossom, expand, unfold, develop.
വിടരുക (vidaruka) is the intransitive counterpart, used of a flower opening and a story developing, so it fits unfold where nobody is doing the unfolding.
Common questions
How do you say unfold in Malayalam?
To unfold something is നിവര്ത്തുക (nivarthuka).
Which word fits a story that unfolds?
വിടരുക (vidaruka), the verb for blossoming and opening out, since nothing is being unfolded by hand.