Foul in Malayalam

Foul in English leans two ways, towards bad language and towards bad smells, and Malayalam handles each separately. For foul language the phrase is അശ്ലീല പദാവലി (ashleela padavali), obscene vocabulary. For a foul smell the words are quite different.

Most common translation

അശ്ലീല പദാവലി (ashleela padavali)

Obscene vocabulary, foul language.

സിനിമയിൽ അശ്ലീല പദാവലി ഒഴിവാക്കണം.

cinemayil ashleela padavali ozhivaakkanam.

Obscene language should be avoided in films.

All Malayalam words for “foul”

അശ്ലീല പദാവലി (ashleela padavali) and തെറിപറയുക (theriparayuka) concern foul speech, നാറ്റം (naattam), മുട (muda) and നാറുക (naaruka) concern a foul smell, and അനാവിശ്യം (anavishyam) is mainly uncalled for or unnecessary.

Common questions

How do you say foul in Malayalam?

For foul language, അശ്ലീല പദാവലി (ashleela padavali); for a foul smell, നാറ്റം (naattam).

How do I say to use foul language?

തെറിപറയുക (theriparayuka), to abuse or speak obscenely.