Crime in Malayalam

Crime is പാതകം (paathakam) in Malayalam, a word weighty enough for a grave offence or an atrocity. It overlaps with sin, since one vocabulary serves law and religion. To commit a crime is കുറ്റംചെയ്യുക (kuttamcheyyuka).

Most common translation

പാതകം (paathakam)

Sin, crime, terrible deed, heinous crime.

നാട്ടുകാർ ഇതിനെ വലിയ പാതകം ആയി കണ്ടു.

naattukaar ithine valiya paathakam aayi kandu.

The villagers saw this as a terrible crime.

All Malayalam words for “crime”

പാതകം and അത്യാചാരം (athyacharam) name serious crimes, പാപം (paapam) is sin, ദ്രോഹം (droham) is harm done to someone, and കുറ്റംചെയ്യുക is the verb for offending.

Common questions

How do you say crime in Malayalam?

Crime is പാതകം (paathakam) in Malayalam.

How do you say commit a crime?

കുറ്റംചെയ്യുക (kuttamcheyyuka), to offend or do wrong.