Ethics in Malayalam
Ethics and morality together are ധര്മ്മം (dharmmam) in Malayalam, a weighty word that also covers duty, righteousness and religious obligation. Because it spans so much, it is the word for ethics in a broad moral sense rather than in a narrow professional one. Pronounce it dhar-mam, with a breathy opening dh.
Ethics, morality, duty, blessing, religion, property, function, nature, charity.
സത്യം പറയുന്നതാണ് വലിയ ധര്മ്മം.
sathyam parayunnathaanu valiya dharmmam
Telling the truth is the great virtue.
All Malayalam words for “ethics”
- ധര്മ്മം (dharmmam) — Ethics, morality, duty, blessing, religion, property, function, nature, charity.
- നീതി (neethi) — Justice, righteousness, law, ethics, leading, government policy.
- നീതിസാരം (neethisaram) — Essence of morality, a treatise on ethics, code of conduct.
- മാനവം (maanavam) — Code of ethics, code of ethics expounded by the law-giver Manu.
Of the choices here, dharmmam is the widest term, covering ethics, duty and righteousness; നീതി (neethi) is justice and law, നീതിസാരം (neethisaram) is a code of conduct or treatise on morality, and മാനവം (maanavam) refers to the code of ethics attributed to the lawgiver Manu.
Common questions
How do you say ethics in Malayalam?
Ethics is ധര്മ്മം (dharmmam).
Is there a narrower word for a professional code of ethics?
നീതിസാരം (neethisaram) comes closest, since it names a written code of conduct rather than morality in general.