Deviate in Malayalam

To deviate, in the sense of going astray from a path or a principle, is വിഭ്രംശിക്കുക (vibhramshikkuka). It is a formal Sanskrit-derived verb, pronounced vi-bhram-shik-ku-ka, and you meet it in moral and technical writing rather than in speech.

Most common translation

വിഭ്രംശിക്കുക (vibhramshikkuka)

Go astray, deviate, fall down.

ശ്രദ്ധയില്ലെങ്കിൽ മനസ്സ് ലക്ഷ്യത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിഭ്രംശിക്കും.

shraddhayillenkil manass lakshyathil ninn vibhramshikkum.

Without attention, the mind will stray from its goal.

All Malayalam words for “deviate”

വിഭ്രംശിക്കുക (vibhramshikkuka) is the formal verb for deviating or going astray, while അകന്നുപോവുക (akannupovuka) is the everyday verb for moving off or drawing away, and it covers deviating only in the loose sense of departing from something.

Common questions

How do you say deviate in Malayalam?

വിഭ്രംശിക്കുക (vibhramshikkuka) is the verb for deviating or going astray.

Which word would I use in conversation?

അകന്നുപോവുക (akannupovuka), meaning to move off or recede, is the natural spoken choice when you simply mean something has drifted away from where it should be.