Affliction in Malayalam
ക്ലേശം (klesham) is the Malayalam word most people reach for when they mean affliction, hardship or distress. Pronounced kle-sham, it covers physical strain and mental grief equally and is used in speech as well as print. Older dictionaries list several heavier synonyms that now feel archaic.
Most common translation
Difficulty, grief, affliction, strain, distress.
യാത്രയില് കുറച്ചു ക്ലേശം ഉണ്ടായി.
yaathrayil kurachu klesham undaayi.
There was some hardship on the journey.
All Malayalam words for “affliction”
- ക്ലേശം (klesham) — Difficulty, grief, affliction, strain, distress.
- കരുമന (karumana) — Affliction, cruelty, danger, lamentation.
- മിറുക്കം (mirukkam) — Affliction, distress, confusion, fear, nervousness.
- ദൈനം, ദൈന്യത (dainam dainatha) — Grief, affliction, misery, distress, depression.
- വിസൂരണം (visooranam) — Distress, affliction, persecution.
- വിമ്മിട്ടം (vimmittam) — Difficulty in breathing, talking distress, affliction.
- സന്താപം (santhaapam) — Sorrow, grief, affliction, heat.
- നരകിക്കുക (narakikkuka) — Be subjected to hellish torments, suffer terrible affliction.
ക്ലേശം is general hardship or affliction, സന്താപം (santhaapam) is sorrow and grief, and നരകിക്കുക (narakikkuka) is the vivid verb for suffering terrible affliction.
Common questions
How do you say affliction in Malayalam?
ക്ലേശം (klesham).
How do you say someone is suffering terribly?
നരകിക്കുക (narakikkuka), a verb suggesting hellish torment.