Fear in Malayalam

Fear is പേടി (pedi), a short plain word that children and adults both use, said pe-di. Everything from a fear of dogs to exam nerves takes it.

Most common translation

പേടി (pedi)

Fear.

ഇരുട്ടിൽ കുട്ടിക്ക് പേടിയാണ്.

iruttil kuttikku pediyaanu.

The child is afraid in the dark.

All Malayalam words for “fear”

പേടി (pedi) is the everyday noun; ഉത്കണ്ഠ (uthkanda) and ഉദ്വേഗം (udwegam) are anxiety and agitation, ആശങ്കിക്കുക (aashankikkuka) the verb to apprehend that something may go wrong, കൂസല്‍ (koosal) and കുലുക്കം (kulukkam) hesitation and wavering, and ഇടര്‍ച്ച (idarcha) and കോഴ (kozha) carry fear only among several looser senses.

Common questions

How do you say fear in Malayalam?

പേടി (pedi) is the word for fear, in speech and in writing.

How do I say I am afraid of something?

Malayalam puts it as having പേടി (pedi) towards the thing, so the noun does the work of the English adjective afraid.