Waiting in Malayalam
Neither entry is the plain noun waiting. കാത്തുകെട്ടി നിര്ത്തുക (kathuketti nirt) is to keep someone waiting, to make them cool their heels, which is the active side of it. Say kaa-thu-ket-ti nir-thu-ka.
കാത്തുകെട്ടി നിര്ത്തുക (kathuketti nirt)
Be kept waiting, cool one's heels.
ആരെയും കാത്തുകെട്ടി നിര്ത്തുക ശരിയല്ല.
aareyum kaathuketti nirthuka shariyalla.
It is not right to keep anybody waiting.
All Malayalam words for “waiting”
- കാത്തുകെട്ടി നിര്ത്തുക (kathuketti nirt) — Be kept waiting, cool one's heels.
- ശുശ്രൂഷ (shushroosha) — Serving, service, waiting on, attending to, menial service, holy service in the church.
ശുശ്രൂഷ (shushroosha) is waiting on someone in the sense of attending and serving, a different act, and for waiting itself you use the verb under the wait entry.
Common questions
How do you say waiting in Malayalam?
Use the verb for waiting. The entry here, കാത്തുകെട്ടി നിര്ത്തുക (kathuketti nirt), means to keep another person waiting.
How do you say waiting room?
That compound is not in this list. It is built from the verb for waiting plus the word for a room, as in English.