Humility in Malayalam
Humility is വിനയം (vinayam), a quality much praised in Malayalam, covering modesty, gentleness and good manners. The word runs vi-na-yam and is common in speech and writing alike. Someone humble is said to have vinayam.
Most common translation
Bowing, discipline, gentleness, meekness, humility.
അവന്റെ വിനയം എല്ലാവർക്കും ഇഷ്ടമായി.
avante vinayam ellaavarkkum ishtamaayi.
Everyone liked his humility.
All Malayalam words for “humility”
- വിനയം (vinayam) — Bowing, discipline, gentleness, meekness, humility.
- അടക്കം (adakkam) — Humility, secret, the whole, burial of the dead, contents.
- വഴക്കം (vazhakkam) — Humility, obedience, usage, custom, habit, practice, precedent.
- ശാലീനത (shaaleenatha) — Humility, simplicity, modesty.
- വണക്കം (vanakkam) — Showing respect, humility, reverence, obeisance.
vinayam is humility of character, shaaleenatha modest simplicity, vanakkam the outward show of respect, adakkam restrained quiet conduct, and vazhakkam obedience or pliancy.
Common questions
How do you say humility in Malayalam?
വിനയം (vinayam).
Which word describes quiet, restrained behaviour?
adakkam, humility shown as restraint and composure.