Frailty in Malayalam
Frailty, of the body or of character, is ദൗര്ബ്ബല്യം (dourbbalyam), from durbalam, weak. It is the standard word for a weakness, including the weakness someone has for a thing they cannot resist.
Most common translation
Weakness, frailty, invalidity.
മധുരം അവന്റെ ദൗര്ബ്ബല്യം ആണ്.
madhuram avante dourbbalyam aan.
Sweets are his weakness.
All Malayalam words for “frailty”
- ദൗര്ബ്ബല്യം (dourbbalyam) — Weakness, frailty, invalidity.
- പല്ലവം (pallavam) — Sprout, shoot, bud, dalliance, coquetry, frailty, the fringe of cloth.
പല്ലവം (pallavam) touches frailty only at the edge of a long list of meanings; its main senses are a tender sprout and the border of a cloth.
Common questions
How do you say frailty in Malayalam?
ദൗര്ബ്ബല്യം (dourbbalyam), weakness or frailty.
Can dourbbalyam mean a soft spot for something?
Yes. Saying that someone has a dourbbalyam for sweets is natural Malayalam.