Chastity in Malayalam
Chastity in Malayalam is ചാരിത്രം (charithram), a word that covers sexual purity together with moral conduct and faithfulness to a spouse. It carries real social weight in traditional speech, so it tends to appear in moral discussion, religious talk and older literature rather than in casual chat.
Chastity, moral conduct, faithfulness to the spouse.
ചാരിത്രം ഒരു വലിയ ഗുണമാണ്.
charithram oru valiya gunamaanu
Good moral conduct is a great virtue.
All Malayalam words for “chastity”
- ചാരിത്രം (charithram) — Chastity, moral conduct, faithfulness to the spouse.
- പാതിവ്രത്യം (paathivrathyam) — Chastity, faithfulness to one's husband.
- പവിത്രത (pavithratha) — Purity, chastity, holiness.
ചാരിത്രം is the general term for chastity and upright conduct, പാതിവ്രത്യം refers specifically to a wife's faithfulness to her husband, and പവിത്രത is wider purity or holiness, including ritual purity that has nothing to do with sexual matters.
Common questions
How do you say chastity in Malayalam?
The usual word is ചാരിത്രം (charithram). It combines the ideas of chastity and good moral character.
What does paathivrathyam add to the meaning?
It narrows things to a wife's devotion and fidelity to her husband, a traditional ideal, so it cannot be used about a man or about purity in general.