Distress in Malayalam
Distress is ക്ലേശം (klesham), a word that holds hardship and grief together. It reads as kle-sham and is common in both writing and speech about illness, poverty and loss. Officials and newspapers use it when describing people in difficulty.
Most common translation
Difficulty, grief, affliction, strain, distress.
യാത്രയില് കുറച്ചു ക്ലേശം ഉണ്ടായി.
yaathrayil kurachu klesham undaayi.
There was some hardship on the journey.
All Malayalam words for “distress”
- ക്ലേശം (klesham) — Difficulty, grief, affliction, strain, distress.
- വിസൂരണം (visooranam) — Distress, affliction, persecution.
- മിറുക്കം (mirukkam) — Affliction, distress, confusion, fear, nervousness.
- ഊപ്പാട് (ooppaad) — Fatigue, exhaustion, distress.
- ഞെരുക്കം (nerukkam) — Pressure, difficulty, straits, distress, financial straits.
- ദൈനം, ദൈന്യത (dainam dainatha) — Grief, affliction, misery, distress, depression.
- നിരക്കം (nirakkam) — Crawling, creeping, distress, poverty.
- പരവേശം (paravesham) — Fatigue, weariness, embarrassment, distress.
- വ്യാകുലത (vyaakulatha) — Grief, fear, worry, anxiety, distress.
- വിമ്മിട്ടം (vimmittam) — Difficulty in breathing, talking distress, affliction.
- വിഷമിക്കുക (vishamikkuka) — Worry, upset, be in distress, face difficulties.
ക്ലേശം mixes hardship with grief, ഞെരുക്കം (nerukkam) is pressure and financial straits, ഊപ്പാട് (ooppaad) and പരവേശം (paravesham) are exhaustion, and വിസൂരണം (visooranam) is a literary word for affliction.
Common questions
How do you say distress in Malayalam?
ക്ലേശം (klesham) covers distress, hardship and affliction.
Which word fits money trouble?
ഞെരുക്കം (nerukkam), used for straits and financial pressure.