Astray in Malayalam
To go astray is വഴിതെറ്റുക (vazhithettuka) in Malayalam, literally to mistake the path. It is used both of losing your way on a journey and, more often, of a young person going wrong in life, which is how parents and teachers use it.
Follow the wrong order, go astray, go along the wrong path of life.
കാട്ടിൽ വച്ച് ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് വഴിതെറ്റി.
kaattil vachu njangalkku vazhithetti.
We lost our way in the forest.
All Malayalam words for “astray”
- വഴിതെറ്റുക (vazhithettuka) — Follow the wrong order, go astray, go along the wrong path of life.
- അപചരിക്കുക (apacharikkuka) — Do wrong, go astray.
- വിഭ്രംശിക്കുക (vibhramshikkuka) — Go astray, deviate, fall down.
- വ്യതിചലനം (vyathichalanam) — Deviation, swerve, going astray.
വഴിതെറ്റുക is the everyday verb for going astray, വിഭ്രംശിക്കുക is a formal Sanskrit-based verb for deviating or falling away, and വ്യതിചലനം is a noun, the deviation itself rather than the act of straying.
Common questions
How do you say astray in Malayalam?
Use വഴിതെറ്റുക (vazhithettuka), to lose the right path.
Does it apply to morals or only to roads?
Both, and the moral sense is the more frequent one. Said of a person it usually means their life has taken a wrong turn.