Forgetfulness in Malayalam
Everyday Malayalam says മറവി (maravi) for forgetfulness, three light syllables, ma-ra-vi. It covers ordinary lapses as well as the failing memory of old age, and it is the word you would use in a doctor's room.
Forgetfulness.
പ്രായമായപ്പോൾ അയാൾക്ക് മറവി കൂടി.
praayamaayappol ayaalkku maravi koodi.
As he aged his forgetfulness increased.
All Malayalam words for “forgetfulness”
- മറവി (maravi) — Forgetfulness.
- ഓര്മ്മക്കേട് (ormmakked) — Forgetfulness, amnesia.
- വിസ്മരണം (vismaranam) — Forgetfulness, forgetting.
- വിസ്മൃതി (vismruthi) — Forgetfulness, oblivion.
- അരണ ബുദ്ധി (arana budhi) — The habit of quick forgetfulness.
മറവി (maravi) is the plain spoken word and ഓര്മ്മക്കേട് (ormmakked) is close to it, a defect of memory; വിസ്മരണം (vismaranam) and വിസ്മൃതി (vismruthi) are Sanskritic and literary, the second carrying a sense of oblivion, while അരണ ബുദ്ധി (arana budhi) is a vivid idiom for a very short memory.
Common questions
How do you say forgetfulness in Malayalam?
Use മറവി (maravi), the common word for forgetfulness.
What does arana budhi literally mean?
It likens a person's memory to the arana, a small lizard that folk belief says forgets everything at once, so it is a jokey way of calling someone forgetful.