Grief in Malayalam
കദനം (kadanam) is grief and suffering taken together, and it has a literary ring, met in songs and written laments. In conversation people more often describe how they feel than name grief outright. The d is soft: ka-da-nam.
Grief, suffering, misery.
അവളുടെ കദനം വാക്കുകളിൽ തെളിഞ്ഞു.
avalude kadanam vaakkukalil thelinju.
Her grief showed in her words.
All Malayalam words for “grief”
- കദനം (kadanam) — Grief, suffering, misery.
- ഖേദം (gedam) — Grief, sorrow, disease, poverty, weariness.
- ദൈനം, ദൈന്യത (dainam dainatha) — Grief, affliction, misery, distress, depression.
- വ്യാകുലത (vyaakulatha) — Grief, fear, worry, anxiety, distress.
- ആകുലം (aakulam) — Mental agitation, grief, worry.
- ആമയം (aamayam) — Illness, grief, sickness.
- ക്ലേശം (klesham) — Difficulty, grief, affliction, strain, distress.
- ഗദം (gatham) — Disease, grief.
- ദുരിതം (duritham) — Misery, grief, adversity.
- നൊമ്പരം (nombaram) — Pain, grief.
- നോവ് (nov) — Pain, grief, disease, illness.
- മന്യു (manyu) — Anger, grief, illness, pitiable condition.
- സന്താപം (santhaapam) — Sorrow, grief, affliction, heat.
- ആതങ്കം (aathankam) — Sickness, ailment, misery, grief.
- കത്തല് (kathal) — Burning sensation, feeling hot, hunger, grief.
- കോട്ടം (kottam) — Bend, slope, curve, defect, fault, grief.
- താപം (thapam) — Heat, pain, sorrow, grief.
- ദണ്ണം (dannam) — Illness, disease, pain, grief, suffering.
- യന്ത്രണം (yanthranam) — Suppression, control, application of force, grief.
- ആകുലിത (aakulitha) — Having grief, confused, furrowed.
- ആതുരന് (athuran) — Sick person, afflicted person, grief- stricken person, worried person.
- ഞരക്കം (narakkam) — Groan, moan, a low cry of pain or grief.
- തൊഴി (thozhi) — Kick, striking with the foot, beating the breast (out of grief).
- ത്രിശൂലം (thrishoolam) — Trident; spiritual, material and bodily grief.
- ദുഃഖകാലം (dugakaalam) — Period of grief or mourning, adverse period.
- ദുഃഖിതന് (dugithan) — A grief stricken man.
- നീറ്റല് (neettal) — Burning, smouldering, worry or grief, pain.
- നൊമ്പരപ്പെടുക (nombarappeduka) — Feel pain or grief.
കദനം (kadanam) is grief in literary style. ആകുലം (aakulam) leans towards agitation and worry, ആതങ്കം (aathankam) and ആമയം (aamayam) mix grief with sickness, കോട്ടം (kottam) is mainly a defect, കത്തല് (kathal) a burning sensation used figuratively, ആകുലിത (aakulitha) describes a person full of grief, and ആതുരന് (athuran) the grief-stricken or ailing person.
Common questions
How do you say grief in Malayalam?
കദനം (kadanam) is the word for grief or sorrow, though it sounds literary rather than conversational.
Which word fits anxious worry instead?
ആകുലം (aakulam), which covers mental agitation and worry rather than deep sorrow.