Evil in Malayalam
Wickedness together with the trouble it brings is പൊല്ലാപ്പ് (pollappu), a word that in everyday speech often shades into mess, nuisance or mischief. It is a noun and takes the usual case endings. Particular kinds of evil have their own compounds, such as ദുര്ഭൂതം (durbhootham) for an evil spirit.
Evil, vileness, trouble, mischief, offence.
ഈ കാര്യം വലിയ പൊല്ലാപ്പ് ആയി.
ee kaaryam valiya pollaappu aayi.
This matter turned into big trouble.
All Malayalam words for “evil”
- പൊല്ലാപ്പ് (pollappu) — Evil, vileness, trouble, mischief, offence.
- ആവാഹിക്കുക (aavaahikkuka) — Invoke the deity or evil spirit to enter or possess sb. or sth.
- ഉച്ചാടനം (uchadanam) — Driving out, exorcising, expelling evil spirits, annihilation.
- കണ്ണേറ് (kanneru) — Evil eye.
- കരിനാക്ക് (karinakku) — An evil tongue.
- കര്മ്മദോഷം (karmmadosham) — Evil consequences of human acts, sin, misfortune.
- ദുര്ഭൂതം (durbhootham) — Evil spirit.
- ദുര്മ്മന്ത്രം (durmmanthram) — Evil counsel, bad political diplomacy, sorcery.
- ദുര്വ്വിചാരം (durvvichaaram) — Bad thought or idea, evil thought.
- ദൃഷ്ടിദോഷം (drushtidosham) — Faulty scrutiny, error in observation, effect of 'evil eye'.
- പിശാച് (pishach) — Evil spirit, devil, demon.
- പ്രേതം (pretham) — Dead body, soul of the dead, ghost, evil spirit.
- ഭൂതം (bhootham) — What has happened, the past, past time, truth, spirit of the dead, ghost, evil apparition, Siva's lieutenants.
- വിവേചിക്കുക (vivechikkuka) — Discriminate, distinguish between the good and the evil.
- വേതാളം (vethaalam) — Genie, demon, evil spirit.
- ശകുനം (shakunam) — An omen, the first object seen on setting out on a journey, indicative sign of good or evil happening in the future, bird.
pollappu is general vileness or trouble, while കണ്ണേറ് (kanneru) is the evil eye, കരിനാക്ക് (karinakku) an evil tongue, and കര്മ്മദോഷം (karmmadosham) the evil consequence of one's own deeds.
Common questions
How do you say evil in Malayalam?
Evil is പൊല്ലാപ്പ് (pollappu), covering vileness, mischief and the trouble it causes.
What is an evil spirit called?
ദുര്ഭൂതം (durbhootham); driving such spirits out is ഉച്ചാടനം (uchadanam).