Foolishness in Malayalam
Silliness, and the act that comes of it, is വിഡ്ഢിത്തം (vidditham), the abstract noun matching viddi. It is what you say of a decision that went badly through sheer silliness. Equally common in speech is മണ്ടത്തരം (mandatharam).
Most common translation
Folly, foolishness, idiocy, stupidity.
ആ തീരുമാനം ഒരു വിഡ്ഢിത്തം ആയി.
aa theerumaanam oru vidditham aayi.
That decision turned out to be folly.
All Malayalam words for “foolishness”
- വിഡ്ഢിത്തം (vidditham) — Folly, foolishness, idiocy, stupidity.
- അബോധം (abodham) — Foolishness.
- ഊളത്തരം (oolatharam) — Foolishness, rowdyism.
- മണ്ടത്തരം (mandatharam) — Stupidity, foolishness, idiocy.
- വങ്കത്തരം (vankatharam) — Stupidity, foolishness, idiocy.
- പൈത്യം (paithyam) — Madness, folly, foolishness.
vidditham and mandatharam are interchangeable for stupidity, വങ്കത്തരം (vankatharam) is coarser, and പൈത്യം (paithyam) shades into madness.
Common questions
How do you say foolishness in Malayalam?
Foolishness is വിഡ്ഢിത്തം (vidditham).
What is another common word for stupidity?
മണ്ടത്തരം (mandatharam), idiocy or stupidity.