Disgrace in Malayalam
Disgrace is നാണക്കേട് (naanakked) in Malayalam, built on naanam, shame. The word names both the loss of face and the shamelessness that can go with it.
Most common translation
Shame, disgrace, shamelessness.
ഇത് കുടുംബത്തിന് നാണക്കേട് ആണ്.
ithu kudumbaththinu naanakked aanu.
This is a disgrace to the family.
All Malayalam words for “disgrace”
- നാണക്കേട് (naanakked) — Shame, disgrace, shamelessness.
- ഇളപ്പം (ilappam) — Juniority, state of being young, inferiority, disgrace, tenderness, unripeness immaturity.
- കുറച്ചില് (kurachil) — Deficiency, shortage, disgrace, ignominy, dishonour.
- പോരായ്മ (porayama) — Shortage, deficiency, defect, dishonour, disgrace.
- മാനനഷ്ടം (maananashtam) — Compensation or damages for causing dishonour/disgrace, loss of honour.
നാണക്കേട് (naanakked) is the direct word for shame and disgrace; കുറച്ചില് (kurachil) and പോരായ്മ (porayama) start from shortage or defect and extend to dishonour, മാനനഷ്ടം (maananashtam) is the loss of honour or the damages claimed for it, and ഇളപ്പം (ilappam) only brushes the sense.
Common questions
How do you say disgrace in Malayalam?
നാണക്കേട് (naanakked).
Which term covers loss of honour in a legal sense?
മാനനഷ്ടം (maananashtam), used for dishonour and for compensation claimed over it.