Hypocrisy in Malayalam
Hypocrisy is കാപട്യം (kaapatyam), with a long first vowel, kaa-pa-tyam. It is the word used in writing and in serious talk for putting on a false face.
Most common translation
Deceitfulness, hypocrisy, falsehood, dishonesty, mendacity.
അവന്റെ വാക്കിൽ കാപട്യം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
avante vaakkil kaapatyam undaayirunnu.
There was hypocrisy in his words.
All Malayalam words for “hypocrisy”
- കാപട്യം (kaapatyam) — Deceitfulness, hypocrisy, falsehood, dishonesty, mendacity.
- കപടത (kapadatha) — Lie, falsehood, fraud, hypocrisy, fake.
- വളവ് (valav) — Bend, turn, crookedness; (idm.) artificiality, hypocrisy.
കാപട്യം (kaapatyam) is the standard noun, കപടത (kapadatha) a plainer variant that also covers lying and fraud, and വളവ് (valav), literally a bend, is used idiomatically for crookedness or artificiality.
Common questions
How do you say hypocrisy in Malayalam?
കാപട്യം (kaapatyam) is the word for hypocrisy and two-faced dishonesty.
Is kapadatha interchangeable with kaapatyam?
Nearly. കപടത (kapadatha) is a little broader, taking in falsehood and fakery, while കാപട്യം (kaapatyam) points squarely at two-faced behaviour.