Compassion in Malayalam
Compassion is കരുണ (karuna), three light syllables, a word at home in prayer, in poetry and in ordinary appeals for kindness. You can use it of a person, of a look or of an act without sounding bookish.
Compassion, pity, kindness, mercy.
അമ്മയുടെ മനസ്സിൽ കരുണ നിറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു.
ammayude manassil karuna niranjirunnu.
Mother's heart was full of compassion.
All Malayalam words for “compassion”
- കരുണ (karuna) — Compassion, pity, kindness, mercy.
- ആര്ദ്രഭാവം (aardrabhaavam) — Compassion, mercy, kindness.
- കനിവ് (kaniv) — Compassion, mercy, kindness.
- കൃപ (kripa) — Compassion, mercy, sympathy, beneficence, desire to do good selflessly.
- എരക്കം (erakkam) — Mercy, compassion.
- അനുകമ്പ (anukamba) — Pity, sympathy, compassion.
- ആര്ദ്രത (aardratha) — State of melting, wetness, kindness, pity, mercy, compassion.
- മനസ്സലിവ് (manasaliv) — Mercy, kindness, compassion.
കരുണ (karuna) and കൃപ (kripa) are the broad words, with kripa leaning on grace shown from above; അനുകമ്പ (anukamba) is sympathy, കനിവ് (kaniv) and മനസ്സലിവ് (manasaliv) sound warm and native, ആര്ദ്രത (aardratha) and ആര്ദ്രഭാവം (aardrabhaavam) suggest a melting heart, and എരക്കം (erakkam) is uncommon.
Common questions
How do you say compassion in Malayalam?
കരുണ (karuna) is the standard word for compassion or mercy.
Which word sounds most natural in everyday speech?
കനിവ് (kaniv) or മനസ്സലിവ് (manasaliv), both describing a person softening towards someone in trouble.