Fasting in Malayalam
Religious fasting undertaken by choice is വ്രതം (vratham), a word that also covers vows and observances of all kinds, from a single day to a season. It is the term you hear before festivals and pilgrimages. Going without food from want is പട്ടിണി (pattini).
Most common translation
Oath, vow, penance, continence, fasting.
അമ്മ തിങ്കളാഴ്ച വ്രതം എടുക്കുന്നു.
amma thinkalaazhcha vratham edukkunnu
Mother keeps a fast on Mondays.
All Malayalam words for “fasting”
- വ്രതം (vratham) — Oath, vow, penance, continence, fasting.
- പട്ടിണി (pattini) — Starvation, fasting, privation of food.
vratham is a chosen fast or vow, while pattini is hunger and starvation suffered, not practised.
Common questions
How do you say fasting in Malayalam?
Fasting is വ്രതം (vratham).
What word is used for starvation?
പട്ടിണി (pattini), privation of food.