Waste in Malayalam
In the sense of refuse, waste is മാലിന്യം (maalinyam), the word on municipal bins and in every news report about garbage collection. Say maalinyam with a long aa and the stress on that first syllable. It also carries a wider sense of filth and pollution, which is why it suits both household rubbish and industrial effluent.
Filth, dirt, stain, pollution, sin, waste.
വഴിയിൽ മാലിന്യം തള്ളരുത് എന്ന് ബോർഡ് ഉണ്ട്.
vazhiyil maalinyam thallaruth enn bord und.
There is a board saying do not dump waste on the road.
All Malayalam words for “waste”
- മാലിന്യം (maalinyam) — Filth, dirt, stain, pollution, sin, waste.
- തരിശ് (tharish) — Waste, barren, uncultivated.
- തുലയ്ക്കുക (thulaykkuka) — Ruin, destroy, cause to perish, kill, finish somehow, (idm.) squander, waste.
- പാഴ് (pazhu) — Futile, barren, useless; futility, waste, barrenness.
- പോക്കുക (pokkuka) — Throw away, deduct, reduce, waste.
- പാഴാകുക (paazhaakuka) — Go waste, become useless.
- മിനക്കെടുക (minakkeduka) — Waste time, remain without work, engage in useless activity, idle away time.
- മിനക്കേട് (minakked) — Effort, futile activity, waste of time, futile pains taken.
- വെളി (veli) — Open expanse of land, waste land, sky, a kind of wild yam.
For the verb to waste or squander, തുലയ്ക്കുക (thulaykkuka) is the right choice, and land lying waste is തരിശ് (tharish); മിനക്കെടുക (minakkeduka) is reserved for wasting time.
Common questions
How do you say waste in Malayalam?
Household and industrial waste is മാലിന്യം (maalinyam).
How do you say someone wasted their money?
Use തുലയ്ക്കുക (thulaykkuka), the verb for ruining or squandering, which is the idiom for throwing money away.