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Famine meaning in Malayalam

“famine” in Malayalam is most commonly പട്ടിണി (pattini). 10 words can carry this meaning, each a little different. Pick the one that fits your context.

  1. പട്ടിണി pattini noun famine also: starvation; poverty with food shortage
  2. ഇല്ലായ്മ illaayma noun famine, starvation also: need, want, lack, penury, poverty, scarcity
  3. ക്ഷാമം kshaamam noun scarcity, dearth, want, shortage also: famine, starvation; drought
  4. ക്ഷാമകാലം kshaamakaalam noun famine
  5. പഞ്ഞം panjnjam noun dearth, famine, scarcity
  6. വറുതി varuti noun famine, dearth, drought
  7. പട്ടിണിക്കിടുക pattinikkituka verb famine also: famish; starve
  8. ദുര്‍ഭിക്ഷം durbhiksham noun dearth also: famine; poverty; scarcity
  9. ഇല്ലായ്‌മ illaayma noun bareness also: chasm; emptiness; famine; indigence; lack
  10. ദാരിദ്യ്രം daaridyram noun beggary also: deprivation; destitution; extremity; famine; half-starvation

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