Doubt in Malayalam
Doubt is ശങ്ക (shanka), a noun running from hesitation to outright disbelief and even to shyness. In class it is the word for the doubt a student raises.
Most common translation
Doubt, vacillation, disbelief, fear, shyness, modesty.
എനിക്ക് ഒരു ചെറിയ ശങ്ക ഉണ്ട്.
enikku oru cheriya shanka undu.
I have a small doubt.
All Malayalam words for “doubt”
- ശങ്ക (shanka) — Doubt, vacillation, disbelief, fear, shyness, modesty.
- ആശങ്ക (aashanka) — Misgiving, apprehension, doubt, uncertainty.
- തര്ക്കം (tharkkam) — Dispute, controversy, doubt, cause, surmise, logic.
- അസംശയം (asamshayam) — Without doubt, certainly.
- ആശങ്കിക്കുക (aashankikkuka) — Have misgiving or doubt, fear, apprehend.
- ഉറപ്പുള്ള (urappulla) — Certain, sure, definite, beyond doubt.
- തീർച്ചയായും (theerchayaayum) — Absolutely, certainly, definitely, without doubt; indeed; certainly, truly, said to confirm or to add weight to a statement.
- സമാധാനം (samaadhaanam) — Peace, explanation, reply to criticism, clearance of doubt.
ശങ്ക (shanka) and ആശങ്ക (aashanka) are the nouns, the second closer to misgiving or apprehension; ആശങ്കിക്കുക (aashankikkuka) is the verb, തര്ക്കം (tharkkam) a dispute, and അസംശയം (asamshayam), ഉറപ്പുള്ള (urappulla) and തീർച്ചയായും (theerchayaayum) all express the opposite, certainty.
Common questions
How do you say doubt in Malayalam?
ശങ്ക (shanka).
How do I say without doubt?
അസംശയം (asamshayam) carries exactly that sense of certainty.