Dumb in Malayalam
മൂകന് (mookan) refers to a person who cannot speak. In modern Malayalam it is a clinical and literary term, and as in English a gentler description is kinder in conversation. The first vowel is long: moo-kan.
Most common translation
A dumb person, one who has lost the power of speech.
മൂകൻ ആയ കലാകാരൻ ചിത്രത്തിലൂടെ സംസാരിച്ചു.
mookan aya kalakaran chithrathiloode samsarichu.
The mute artist spoke through his paintings.
All Malayalam words for “dumb”
- മൂകന് (mookan) — A dumb person, one who has lost the power of speech.
- മൂകഭാവം (mookabhaavam) — Dumbness, silence, expression of a dumb person.
മൂകന് (mookan) names the person, and മൂകഭാവം (mookabhaavam) names the condition of being unable to speak, or the silence that goes with it. Neither carries the English slang sense of stupid.
Common questions
How do you say dumb in Malayalam?
മൂകന് (mookan), meaning a person without the power of speech.
Can മൂകന് (mookan) mean stupid?
No. It refers only to being unable to speak; for foolish you need an entirely different word.