Filth in Malayalam

For filth in the sense of refuse, waste and pollution, the word is മാലിന്യം (maalinyam), stressed lightly on the long first syllable. It is the term used by newspapers and local bodies for garbage and for anything that dirties water or air.

Most common translation

മാലിന്യം (maalinyam)

Filth, dirt, stain, pollution, sin, waste.

വഴിയിൽ മാലിന്യം തള്ളരുത് എന്ന് ബോർഡ് ഉണ്ട്.

vazhiyil maalinyam thallaruth enn bord und.

There is a board saying do not dump waste on the road.

All Malayalam words for “filth”

മാലിന്യം (maalinyam) is the broad word covering waste, pollution and stain. അഴുക്ക് (azhukku) is the homely one for grime on clothes, hands or a floor, മലിനം (malinam) is bookish and extends to moral impurity, and മാലിന്യനിര്‍മാര്‍ജ്ജനം (maalinyanirmaarj) is the technical phrase for removing filth.

Common questions

How do you say filth in Malayalam?

മാലിന്യം (maalinyam) is the usual word, and it stretches from household waste to pollution in a river.

Which word do I use for dirty clothes?

അഴുക്ക് (azhukku), the everyday word for grime and dirt that you wash out, is what a speaker would reach for there.