Vegetarian in Malayalam
സസ്യഭുക്ക് (sasyabhukk) is a vegetarian, literally one who eats plants. It is a compact Sanskrit compound, sa-sya-bhukk, ending in the hard kk you can hear. Forms and hospital charts use it; in speech people say that someone does not eat meat.
Most common translation
Vegetarian.
എന്റെ ചേച്ചി ഒരു സസ്യഭുക്ക് ആണ്.
ente chechi oru sasyabhukk aanu.
My elder sister is a vegetarian.
Dictionary entry
- സസ്യഭുക്ക് (sasyabhukk) — Vegetarian.
The word names the person, not the food, so a vegetarian meal is described with the first half of the compound rather than with this noun.
Common questions
How do you say vegetarian in Malayalam?
A vegetarian is സസ്യഭുക്ക് (sasyabhukk).
Is it used on restaurant menus?
Rarely. Menus in Kerala mark dishes as veg or non veg in English, so the Malayalam word stays in formal writing.