Frank in Malayalam

Frank, meaning open and plain-spoken, is തുറന്നുപറയുന്ന (thurannuparayunna), literally one who opens up and speaks. It is a mouthful, but transparent once the parts show: thurannu, opened, plus parayunna, saying. A shorter adjective covers much of the same ground.

Most common translation

തുറന്നുപറയുന്ന (thurannuparayunna)

Frank, open and straightforward in speech, saying plainly what one thinks.

അവൻ തുറന്നുപറയുന്ന സ്വഭാവക്കാരനാണ്.

avan thurannuparayunna svabhaavakkaaranaanu.

He is a frank sort of person.

All Malayalam words for “frank”

തുറന്നുപറയുന്ന describes frank speech, തുറന്ന is the shorter open, public or unconcealed, and ഹൃദ്യ is frank in the warmer sense of hearty and candid.

Common questions

How do you say frank in Malayalam?

തുറന്നുപറയുന്ന (thurannuparayunna), open and straightforward in speech.

Is there a shorter word?

തുറന്ന (thuranna) means open or frank and slips more easily into a sentence.