Arrogance in Malayalam
അഹങ്കാരം (ahankaram) is the word every Malayali knows for arrogance, pride and the swollen sense of self. It comes from the Sanskrit for I-making, and it is used freely about people who put on airs. Several older synonyms survive in dictionaries but are rare in speech now.
Most common translation
Pride, egoism, arrogance.
അവന്റെ അഹങ്കാരം കൂട്ടുകാർക്ക് ഇഷ്ടമല്ല.
avante ahankaram koottukaarkku ishtamalla.
His friends do not like his arrogance.
All Malayalam words for “arrogance”
- അഹങ്കാരം (ahankaram) — Pride, egoism, arrogance.
- നികളിപ്പ് (nikalipp) — Arrogance, haughtiness.
- മുഷ്ക്കരം (mushkkaram) — Arrogance, haughtiness.
- ഹുങ്ക് (hunk) — Arrogance, haughtiness.
- ഗര്വ്വം (garvvam) — Pride, haughtiness, arrogance.
- ചാട്ടം (chaattam) — Leap, jumping, anger, haughtiness, arrogance, adventure.
- തള്ളല് (thallal) — Pushing, thrusting, thrust, arrogance, rejection.
- മച്ച് (mach) — Ceiling paved with planks, upper storey of a building, apartment, closet, arrogance, attic.
- മത്സരം (malsaram) — Competition, envy, spite, rivalry, quarrel, animosity, anger, arrogance, contest.
- വിളച്ചല് (vilachal) — Ripeness, agricultural produce, yield; (fig.) impudence, arrogance, haughtiness.
അഹങ്കാരം is the everyday arrogance, ഗര്വ്വം (garvvam) is a more literary pride, and നികളിപ്പ് (nikalipp), മുഷ്ക്കരം (mushkkaram) and ഹുങ്ക് (hunk) are older words for haughtiness.
Common questions
How do you say arrogance in Malayalam?
അഹങ്കാരം (ahankaram).
Is there a more bookish word?
ഗര്വ്വം (garvvam), pride or haughtiness in literary style.