Withering in Malayalam
A plant losing its freshness is വാടല് (vaadal), the noun from the verb for drooping and shrivelling. It is what you say about flowers left too long in a vase or leaves in the dry months, and it works figuratively for a face that has lost its colour.
Fading, withering sth. that has faded, shrivelled.
വെയിൽ കൊണ്ട ചെടികളിൽ വാടൽ കണ്ടു.
veyil konda chedikalil vaadal kandu.
The plants in the sun showed signs of wilting.
All Malayalam words for “withering”
- വാടല് (vaadal) — Fading, withering sth. that has faded, shrivelled.
- തേമ്പല് (thembal) — Withering, getting reduced.
- ഉണക്കം (unkkam) — Drought, dryness, emaciation, hot summer, withering, fading.
- ദ്രവിപ്പിക്കുക (dravippikkuka) — Melt, dissolve, cause decay or withering, destroy, corrods.
തേമ്പല് (thembal) is about shrinking or dwindling in quantity, and ഉണക്കം (unkkam) names the dryness of high summer, so neither gives the picture of a plant going limp.
Common questions
How do you say withering in Malayalam?
Withering is വാടല് (vaadal).
Is dravippikkuka the same thing?
No. ദ്രവിപ്പിക്കുക (dravippikkuka) is causative and means to make something decay or dissolve, an action done to a thing rather than the fading itself.