ദുസ്-

Malayalam

Alternative forms

  • ദുഃ- (duḥ-) — before ശ്, ഷ്, സ് (śŭ, ṣŭ, sŭ), rarely before ക്, ഖ്, പ്, ഫ് (kŭ, khŭ, pŭ, phŭ)
  • ദുർ- (duṟ-) — before vowels and voiced consonants
  • ദുശ്- (duś-) — before ച്, ഛ് (cŭ, chŭ) and rarely before ശ് (śŭ)
  • ദുഷ്- (duṣ-) — before ക്, ഖ്, പ്, ഫ് (kŭ, khŭ, pŭ, phŭ) and rarely before ഷ് (ṣŭ)
  • ദൂ- (dū-) — before ര് (rŭ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪us-/

Prefix

ദുസ്- • (dus-)

  1. a prefix to nouns and rarely to verbs or adverbs implying evil, bad, difficult, hard
  2. badly, hardly; slight, inferior, etc., often = English in- or un-.
    ‎ദുസ്- (dus-) + ‎കർമ്മം (kaṟmmaṁ, “act, action”) → ‎ദുഷ്കർമ്മം (duṣkaṟmmaṁ, “evil act”)

Derived terms

Malayalam terms prefixed with ദുർ-
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