Disguise in Malayalam

A disguise is a പ്രച്ഛന്നവേഷം (prachannavesham), where vesham means a get-up or costume and prachanna means concealed. Reports use it for police in plain clothes and for anyone moving about unrecognised.

Most common translation

പ്രച്ഛന്നവേഷം (prachannavesham)

Disguise.

രാജാവ് പ്രച്ഛന്നവേഷം ധരിച്ച് നഗരം ചുറ്റി.

raajaavu prachannavesham dharichu nagaram chutti.

The king roamed the city in a disguise.

All Malayalam words for “disguise”

കപടവേഷം (kapadavesham) is the same idea with a flavour of deceit, ആള്‍മാറാട്ടം (aalmaaraattam) is impersonation or identity fraud, and മാറാടുക (maaraaduka) is a verb with a scatter of senses, only one of which is to disguise oneself.

Common questions

How do you say disguise in Malayalam?

പ്രച്ഛന്നവേഷം (prachannavesham), a concealed get-up or disguise.

What is the word for pretending to be someone else?

ആള്‍മാറാട്ടം (aalmaaraattam), impersonation, including the criminal kind.