Disease in Malayalam

The plain Malayalam word for disease is വ്യാധി (vyaadhi), used of illness in general. Kerala speech pairs it with the names of particular conditions, and its register is neutral.

Most common translation

വ്യാധി (vyaadhi)

Illness, disease.

ഈ വ്യാധി മരുന്ന് കൊണ്ട് മാറും.

ee vyaadhi marunnu kondu maarum.

This disease will go away with medicine.

All Malayalam words for “disease”

വ്യാധി (vyaadhi) is the general term; പകര്‍ച്ചവ്യാധി (pakarchavyaadhi) is an infectious disease or epidemic, ദീനം (deenam) and ദണ്ണം (dannam) mix illness with suffering and grief, and ഗദം (gatham), ശീലായ്മ (sheelaayma) and കെടുതി (keduthi) are older or marginal choices.

Common questions

How do you say disease in Malayalam?

വ്യാധി (vyaadhi).

What about a contagious disease?

പകര്‍ച്ചവ്യാധി (pakarchavyaadhi) names an infectious disease or epidemic.