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
Illness, disease, pain, grief, suffering.
മുത്തശ്ശിക്ക് ഇന്ന് ദണ്ണം ഉണ്ട്
muthashikku innu dannam undu
Grandmother is unwell today.
All Malayalam words for “illness”
- ദണ്ണം (dannam) — Illness, disease, pain, grief, suffering.
- ആമയം (aamayam) — Illness, grief, sickness.
- വ്യാധി (vyaadhi) — Illness, disease.
- ശീലായ്മ (sheelaayma) — Illness, disease, indisposition.
- ഗരം (garam) — Poison, illness, swallowing.
- ദീനം (deenam) — Disease, illness, disability, suffering.
- സുഖക്കേട് (sugakked) — Absence of happiness, illness, sorrow, ill health, uneasiness.
- കേട് (ked) — Damage, defect, harm, flaw, fault, illness.
- ദോഷം (dosham) — Flaw, harm, fault, sin, bad manners, illness, dusk, poetical defect, adultery.
- നോവ് (nov) — Pain, grief, disease, illness.
- പരവശന് (paravashan) — One who is controlled by to another, one victimized by poverty, illness, etc., one who is tired.
- ബാധ (baadha) — Torment, plague, illness, harassment, trouble, possession by spirits, obstruction.
- മന്യു (manyu) — Anger, grief, illness, pitiable condition.
- ഇൻഷുറൻസ് (inshuransu) — Insurance, a policy paid for so that a loss is covered; cover against accident, illness or damage.
- കേസുകൾ (kesukal) — Cases, matters or instances; also court cases or cases of an illness.
- ഗൗരവമുള്ള (gauravamulla) — Serious, grave, needing careful attention; also said of an illness that is severe.
- ദഹനക്കേട് (dahanakked) — Indigestion, illness caused by indigestion.
- പിത്തം (pitham) — One of the three causes of illness (according to the Ayurvedic system of medical treatment), biliousness.
- പൊറുക്കുക (porukkuka) — Dwell, reside, earn a living, recover from illness; excuse pardon.
- മരുന്നുകൾ (marunnukal) — Drugs; medicines given for illness; narcotics are called laharimarunnukal.
- മാനസികരോഗം (maanasikarogam) — Mental illness, disease of the mind, psychological illness.
- സുഖം (sugam) — Happiness, joy, ease, free from illness, healthy condition.
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.