Disaster in Malayalam
Kerala Malayalam calls a disaster ദുരന്തം (durantham). The word runs through headlines about floods, crashes and landslides, and it also serves for a tragic ending in a story.
Most common translation
Tragedy, calamity, tragic end, disaster.
ആ അപകടം വലിയ ദുരന്തമായിരുന്നു.
aa apakadam valiya duranthamaayirunnu.
That accident was a great tragedy.
All Malayalam words for “disaster”
- ദുരന്തം (durantham) — Tragedy, calamity, tragic end, disaster.
- അത്യാഹിതം (athyaahitham) — Great calamity, disaster, accident, daring deed.
- അപ്രതീക്ഷിത ദുരന്തം (apratheekshitha dur) — Unexpected calamity or disaster,.
- ബാധിച്ച (baadhicha) — Affected, hit or harmed by something such as a disease or a disaster.
ദുരന്തം (durantham) is the everyday word for a calamity; അത്യാഹിതം (athyaahitham) is heavier and more literary, അപ്രതീക്ഷിത ദുരന്തം (apratheekshitha dur) specifies an unexpected calamity, and ബാധിച്ച (baadhicha) is an adjective for whoever or whatever was hit.
Common questions
How do you say disaster in Malayalam?
ദുരന്തം (durantham).
Which word fits a grave catastrophe in formal writing?
അത്യാഹിതം (athyaahitham) carries that weight and is kept for great calamities.