Guilty in Malayalam
The guilty party is called അപരാധി (aparadhi), the name for one who has committed an offence. Malayalam answers the idea of guilty with this noun for the person at fault rather than with an adjective. Courts and newspapers both use it.
Most common translation
Offender, guilty.
അപരാധിയെ പോലീസ് ഇന്ന് പിടിച്ചു.
aparadhiye poleesu innu pidichu.
The police caught the offender today.
All Malayalam words for “guilty”
- അപരാധി (aparadhi) — Offender, guilty.
- തെറ്റുകാരന് (thettukaaran) — Wrongdoer, one who is guilty.
aparadhi is the offender in a formal or legal sense, while thettukaaran is the plainer word for a wrongdoer, the one who did wrong.
Common questions
How do you say guilty in Malayalam?
അപരാധി (aparadhi), the guilty one or offender.
Is thettukaaran different?
thettukaaran is everyday speech for someone in the wrong, with less legal weight.