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scanty meaning in Malayalam

കഷ്ടിയായ

/ˈskænti/

scanty in Malayalam: കഷ്ടിയായ, അഭൂരി, അഭൃശ, അല്പമാത്രമായ. In English, scanty means somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.

Malayalam words for scanty

scant, meagre, minimal
കഷ്ടിയായ, അഭൂരി, അഭൃശ, അല്പമാത്രമായ, ദരിദ്രമായ, കുറവായ
revealing, skimpy, short
അല്പമാത്രമായ, കഷ്ടിച്ചെത്തുന്ന, കുറിയ, അപര്യാപ്തമായ, വേണ്ടത്ര ഇല്ലാത്ത, ആവശ്യത്തിനു മതിയാകാത്ത

English meaning of scanty

  1. adjective Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
  2. adjective Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.
  3. adjective Revealing.

Full definition of scanty

scanty in a sentence

  • A girl dressed in scanty clothing

Synonyms of scanty

scanty in other languages

Questions about scanty in Malayalam

What is the meaning of scanty in Malayalam?
Scanty in Malayalam is കഷ്ടിയായ, അഭൂരി, അഭൃശ, അല്പമാത്രമായ.
scanty എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Scanty: കഷ്ടിയായ, അഭൂരി, അഭൃശ, അല്പമാത്രമായ.
What does scanty mean in English?
Scanty means somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.

Source and license

Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: scanty (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: scanty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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