Hearsay in Malayalam
Malayalam has no single neutral noun matching hearsay, but the closest of the listed words is അങ്ങാടിവാര്ത്ത (angadivartha). It literally means market talk: news passed from mouth to mouth in the bazaar, with nobody responsible for it. Speakers use it when they want to signal that a report is unverified gossip.
അങ്ങാടിവാര്ത്ത (angadivartha)
Street talk, common talk, rumour, hearsay.
അത് വെറും അങ്ങാടിവാർത്തയാണ്, വിശ്വസിക്കരുത്.
athu verum angadivaarthayaan, vishwasikkaruth.
That is just a rumour, do not believe it.
All Malayalam words for “hearsay”
- അങ്ങാടിവാര്ത്ത (angadivartha) — Street talk, common talk, rumour, hearsay.
- പറച്ചില് (parachil) — Saying, rumour, hearsay.
- വാര്ത്ത (vaartha) — News, report, hearsay, trade, daily, activity.
അങ്ങാടിവാര്ത്ത points at rumour circulating in public, പറച്ചില് is simply what people are saying, and വാര്ത്ത is the ordinary word for news or a report, with no suggestion that it is unreliable. None of them carries the legal weight that hearsay has in English courtrooms.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for hearsay?
The nearest option is അങ്ങാടിവാര്ത്ത (angadivartha), street or market talk. For a plainer wording, പറച്ചില് (parachil) simply means what is being said.
Can vaartha be used for hearsay?
Not really. വാര്ത്ത is the standard word for news, including broadcast news, so it implies a real report rather than an unchecked rumour.