Afraid in Malayalam
പേടിയുള്ള (pediyulla) is the plain spoken word for afraid, used of anyone feeling fear. In a real sentence Malayalam usually turns it into a short phrase instead, enikku pediyaanu, I am afraid. The opening syllable rhymes with pay and the following consonant is soft, close to an English th.
Afraid, scared; feeling fear of something.
ഇരുട്ടിനെ പേടിയുള്ള കുട്ടിയാണ് അവൻ.
iruttine pediyulla kuttiyanu avan.
He is a child afraid of the dark.
All Malayalam words for “afraid”
- പേടിയുള്ള (pediyulla) — Afraid, scared; feeling fear of something.
- പേടിച്ച (pedicha) — Scared, frightened, afraid; to say I am scared Malayalam uses enikku pediyaanu.
- അധര്മ്മഭീരു (adharmabheeru) — Person who is afraid of doing, immoral or wicked.
- പേടിക്കുക (pedikkuka) — Be afraid of, fear.
- ഭയക്കുക (bhayakkuka) — Fear, be afraid of, be frightened.
- ഭയപ്പെടുക (bhayappeduka) — Fear, be afraid of.
പേടിയുള്ള (pediyulla) and പേടിച്ച (pedicha) both describe a frightened person, the second suggesting someone who has just been scared by something. പേടിക്കുക (pedikkuka) is the ordinary verb to be afraid, ഭയക്കുക (bhayakkuka) and ഭയപ്പെടുക (bhayappeduka) are its formal Sanskritic twins, and അധര്മ്മഭീരു (adharmabheeru) is a bookish term for one afraid of wrongdoing.
Common questions
How do you say afraid in Malayalam?
പേടിയുള്ള (pediyulla) is the word, and to say I am afraid a speaker normally says enikku pediyaanu.
Which verb means to be afraid of something?
Conversation uses പേടിക്കുക (pedikkuka), while writing and formal speech prefer ഭയക്കുക (bhayakkuka).