Confronting in Malayalam
എതിര്പ്പ് (ethirpp) is the noun Malayalis use for confronting someone, in the sense of opposition and resistance. It comes from ethir, opposite, and is pronounced e-thir-pp with a clipped ending. News writing uses it constantly for protest and pushback.
Confronting, attack, opposition, resistance, protest.
ആ തീരുമാനത്തിന് വീട്ടിൽ എതിര്പ്പ് ഉണ്ടായി.
aa theerumaanathinu veettil ethirppu undaayi.
There was opposition at home to that decision.
All Malayalam words for “confronting”
- എതിര്പ്പ് (ethirpp) — Confronting, attack, opposition, resistance, protest.
- ആഭിമുഖ്യ (aabhimukhya) — Confronting, favourable, relating to auspices.
- എതിര് (ethir) — Opposite, adverse, confronting, facing.
എതിര്പ്പ് (ethirpp) names opposition or resistance, എതിര് (ethir) is the simpler word meaning opposite or facing, and ആഭിമുഖ്യ (aabhimukhya) is a rare, bookish word that also carries senses of favour and auspices.
Common questions
How do you say confronting in Malayalam?
എതിര്പ്പ് (ethirpp) covers confronting in the sense of opposition and resistance.
What is the difference between ethir and ethirpp?
എതിര് (ethir) simply marks the opposite side or direction, while എതിര്പ്പ് (ethirpp) names the act of standing against something, so it is the word for actual opposition.