Failure in Malayalam
Failure in the sense of not succeeding is തോല്വി (tholvi). Two syllables, thol-vi, with the soft dental th. Exam results, sports reports and ordinary conversation all use it, and it doubles as the word for defeat.
Failure, defeat.
ടീമിന്റെ തോല്വി ആരും പ്രതീക്ഷിച്ചില്ല.
teeminte tholvi aarum pratheekshicchilla.
No one expected the team's defeat.
All Malayalam words for “failure”
- തോല്വി (tholvi) — Failure, defeat.
- അസിദ്ധി (asidhi) — Failure, non-accomplishment.
- തട്ടുകേട് (thattuked) — Exhaustion, failure, shame.
- പരാജയം (paraajayam) — Defeat, failure.
- പരിഭവം (paribhvam) — Disrespect, feeling of offence, ill- will, failure, complaint.
- പാളിച്ച (palicha) — Blazing, sliding, looking askance, slinking, slipping, missing the aim, proving futile, failure.
- മടങ്ങല് (madangal) — Bending, folding, returning, retreating, failure.
- അനാവൃഷ്ടി (anavrishti) — Rainlessness, drought, failure of rains,.
തോല്വി is the everyday word and പരാജയം (paraajayam) its formal written twin. The rest are narrower: അസിദ്ധി (asidhi) is bookish non-accomplishment, പാളിച്ച (palicha) a slip or blunder, തട്ടുകേട് (thattuked) a breakdown or setback, അനാവൃഷ്ടി (anavrishti) the failure of the rains, പരിഭവം (paribhvam) mostly hurt feelings, and മടങ്ങല് (madangal) a retreat.
Common questions
How do you say failure in Malayalam?
തോല്വി (tholvi) is the usual word for failure or defeat.
When should I use paraajayam instead?
പരാജയം belongs to formal writing and speeches about defeat; conversation sounds more natural with തോല്വി.