Danger in Malayalam
Danger is most often അപകടം (apakadam) in Malayalam, which also means an accident. Road signs, hospital talk and daily speech all use it, so it is the safest choice. Four syllables, stress on the first.
Most common translation
Danger, accident.
റോഡിൽ ഒരു ചെറിയ അപകടം ഉണ്ടായി.
rodil oru cheriya apakadam undaayi
A small accident happened on the road.
All Malayalam words for “danger”
- അപകടം (apakadam) — Danger, accident.
- അപായം (apayam) — Danger, calamity, loss.
- ആപത്ത് (aapath) — Danger, peril, misfortune.
- ദുര്ഘടം (durghadam) — Danger, calamity, sth. complicated.
- മുസീവത്ത് (museevath) — (Arab.) danger, misfortune, adversity, misery.
- വിപദം (vipadam) — Danger, calamity.
- വ്യസനം (vyasanam) — Any of the wrong doings like sorrow, danger, misery, sin, excessive passion, drinking (liquors), gambling, hunting, vice, etc.
- അക്കടി (akkadi) — Mishap, trouble, danger, small accident.
- കരുമന (karumana) — Affliction, cruelty, danger, lamentation.
- കെടുതി (keduthi) — Ruin, loss, danger, risk, disease.
- ക്ഷതം (kshatham) — Wound, injury, sore, deficiency, ruin, danger.
- വിരോധം (virodham) — Enmity, ill will, animosity, harm, hostile attitude, objection, prohibition, war, danger.
- ഹാനം (haanam) — Renunciation, abandoning, deliverance, loss, deficiency, escape, danger, defeat, prowess, valour, strength.
- അപകടമേഖല (apakadamekhala) — Danger zone.
- കാലപാശം (kalapasham) — The rope with which Yama (Death) ensnares his victims, extreme calamity, fatal danger.
- പതിമുഖം (pathimugam) — Husband's face, a deliberately hidden danger, a medicinal herb.
- രക്ഷിച്ചു (rakshicchu) — Saved. Rescued someone or something from danger; kept safe from harm.
- റിസ്ക് (risk) — Risk, the chance of loss, harm or danger.
- ശ്രദ്ധയുള്ള (sraddhayulla) — Careful, attentive, taking care to avoid mistakes or danger; focused. Concentrating fully on one thing; attentive and not distracted.
- സുരക്ഷ (suraksha) — Security, safety, protection from danger or loss; safety, security, freedom from danger.
- സുരക്ഷിതം (surakshitham) — Safe, secure, free from danger.
- സുരക്ഷിതമായ (surakshithamaaya) — Secure; safe, protected from danger or loss; firmly fixed.
ആപത്ത് (aapath) and വിപദം (vipadam) lean towards peril and calamity, അപായം (apayam) is danger with a sense of loss, ദുര്ഘടം (durghadam) suggests something dire or complicated, and മുസീവത്ത് (museevath) is an Arabic borrowing used in Muslim speech.
Common questions
How do you say danger in Malayalam?
Use അപകടം (apakadam).
Which word fits a disaster rather than a risk?
വിപദം (vipadam) or ആപത്ത് (aapath), both of which carry the sense of calamity.