Ill-fame in Malayalam
Ill-fame is അകീര്ത്തി (akeerthi) in Malayalam, the opposite of good repute and so notoriety or infamy. Its first element is the negative prefix attached to the word for fame.
Most common translation
Ill-fame, notoriety, infamy.
ആ സംഭവം കുടുംബത്തിന് അകീര്ത്തി ഉണ്ടാക്കി.
aa sambhavam kudumbatthinu akeerthi undaakki.
That incident brought infamy to the family.
All Malayalam words for “ill-fame”
- അകീര്ത്തി (akeerthi) — Ill-fame, notoriety, infamy.
- കറുപ്പ് (karuppu) — Black, opium. stain, ill-fame.
കറുപ്പ് (karuppu) is black or opium and reaches ill-fame only through the idea of a stain, which makes it figurative rather than direct.
Common questions
How do you say ill-fame in Malayalam?
Use അകീര്ത്തി (akeerthi), notoriety or infamy.
Why does the other entry mean black?
കറുപ്പ് (karuppu) is literally black and comes to ill-fame by way of a stain on someone name.