Happiness in Malayalam
Ask a Malayali how they are and happiness comes up as സുഖം (sugam), the word for being well and content. It is as everyday as vocabulary gets, said su-gham, and it covers physical comfort as much as plain happiness.
Happiness, joy, ease, free from illness, healthy condition.
ഇപ്പോൾ എനിക്ക് നല്ല സുഖമുണ്ട്.
ippol enikku nalla sugamundu.
I am feeling quite well now.
All Malayalam words for “happiness”
- സുഖം (sugam) — Happiness, joy, ease, free from illness, healthy condition.
- തോഷം (thosham) — Joy, happiness, gratification.
- പരിതോഷം (parithosham) — Joy, happiness, delight, gratification.
- യോഗക്ഷേമം (yogakshemam) — Comfort of the body, happiness, (social) welfare.
- സ്വാസ്ഥ്യം (swaasthyam) — State of peace, happiness, well-being, health, contentment.
- നന്ദി (nandi) — Gratitude, thanks, happiness.
- പ്രതീതി (pratheethi) — Appearance, impression, sense, insight, trust, happiness, respect, fame.
- സുസ്ഥിതി (susthithi) — Good condition, well-being, good health, happiness.
- സൗഭാഗ്യം (soubhaagyam) — Fortune, luck, prosperity, auspiciousness, happiness, beauty.
- ഹര്ഷം (harsham) — Joy, joviality, happiness, rapture, hilarity, gratification.
- സുഖക്കേട് (sugakked) — Absence of happiness, illness, sorrow, ill health, uneasiness.
സുഖം (sugam) is the everyday word; തോഷം (thosham) and പരിതോഷം (parithosham) are literary words for joy, സുസ്ഥിതി (susthithi) is well-being, യോഗക്ഷേമം (yogakshemam) is welfare, നന്ദി (nandi) is chiefly gratitude, പ്രതീതി (pratheethi) is mainly impression or trust, and watch for സുഖക്കേട് (sugakked), which is the opposite: ill health and the absence of happiness.
Common questions
How do you say happiness in Malayalam?
സുഖം (sugam) is the word in daily use for happiness, ease and well-being.
Why does sugam also come up in questions about health?
Because it covers being well as much as being happy, so asking about someone's സുഖം (sugam) asks whether they are in good shape.