Abject in Malayalam
അത്താഴപട്ടിണി (athazhapattini) is abject poverty, and its literal sense is going without the evening meal. That image makes it vivid and rather sad, and it is used of destitution only.
Most common translation
അത്താഴപട്ടിണി (athazhapattini)
Abject poverty.
പഴയ കാലത്ത് പല വീടുകളിലും അത്താഴപട്ടിണി ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
pazhaya kaalathu pala veetukalilum athazhapattini undaayirunnu
In the old days many homes faced abject poverty.
Dictionary entry
- അത്താഴപട്ടിണി (athazhapattini) — Abject poverty.
അത്താഴപട്ടിണി names extreme poverty, so it cannot carry the other English uses of abject, such as an abject apology or abject failure.
Common questions
How do you say abject in Malayalam?
The entry here is അത്താഴപട്ടിണി (athazhapattini), meaning abject poverty.
What does the word literally describe?
Having no supper. It pictures a household that cannot manage the last meal of the day, which is why it reads as destitution.