Feeling in Malayalam

Emotion as felt and shown is വികാരം (vikaaram), a noun that covers anger, love and grief equally. The same word means a change of state, which is where the sense of being moved comes from. Sympathy, the feeling shared with another, is അനുഭാവം (anubhavam).

Most common translation

വികാരം (vikaaram)

Change, change in shape or structure, feeling, emotion, expression, mentality.

അവന്റെ മുഖത്ത് ഒരു വികാരവും കണ്ടില്ല.

avante mukhathu oru vikaaravum kandilla.

No emotion was seen on his face.

All Malayalam words for “feeling”

vikaaram is emotion itself, ചേതോവികാരം (chethovikaaram) is a sentiment or mental inclination, anubhavam is fellow feeling, and ഉള്‍വിളി (ulvili) is an inner prompting.

Common questions

How do you say feeling in Malayalam?

Feeling is വികാരം (vikaaram).

Which word means fellow feeling?

അനുഭാവം (anubhavam), sympathy or mental support.