Illness in Malayalam

ദണ്ണം (dannam) covers illness along with pain and suffering, and is still heard in ordinary speech, especially from older speakers. The nn is retroflex and held: dan-nam.

Most common translation

ദണ്ണം (dannam)

Illness, disease, pain, grief, suffering.

മുത്തശ്ശിക്ക് ഇന്ന് ദണ്ണം ഉണ്ട്

muthashikku innu dannam undu

Grandmother is unwell today.

All Malayalam words for “illness”

ആമയം is a literary word for illness, കേട് reaches illness only through its wider senses of damage and defect, and മരുന്നുകൾ are the medicines given for one.

Common questions

How do you say illness in Malayalam?

ദണ്ണം (dannam), illness, disease or suffering.

How do you say a serious illness?

ഗൗരവമുള്ള (gauravamulla) is the adjective for serious or severe, used of an illness as well as of a matter needing attention.