Boycotting in Malayalam
Boycotting is ബഹിഷ്കരണം (bahishkaranam), a word any newspaper reader in Kerala knows from political coverage. It names the act of staying away in protest, whether from classes, an election or a shop.
Most common translation
Boycotting, dissociation, non-co-operation.
ഗ്രാമം ആ കടയുടെ ബഹിഷ്കരണം തുടങ്ങി.
graamam aa kadayude bahishkaranam thudangi.
The village began a boycott of that shop.
Dictionary entry
- ബഹിഷ്കരണം (bahishkaranam) — Boycotting, dissociation, non-co-operation.
The one listed word also serves for ostracising a person and for refusing to co-operate, so the surrounding sentence shows what is being boycotted.
Common questions
How do you say boycotting in Malayalam?
ബഹിഷ്കരണം (bahishkaranam), the act of boycotting or refusing to take part.
Is the word only political?
No. It is just as natural for students boycotting an exam or a family being shut out by a community.