Impatient in Malayalam

അക്ഷമ (akshama) covers impatience and the inability to put up with something. The ksh is one cluster rather than two sounds, and the word appears both as a noun and inside adjective forms built on it.

Most common translation

അക്ഷമ (akshama)

Impatient, intolerance.

അവന്റെ അക്ഷമ എല്ലാവരും കണ്ടു.

avante akshama ellaavarum kandu.

Everyone saw his impatience.

All Malayalam words for “impatient”

അക്ഷമ is the common word for impatience, while അസഹിഷ്ണുത (asahishnutha) is heavier and in current use leans towards intolerance of other people or their views.

Common questions

How do you say impatient in Malayalam?

അക്ഷമ (akshama) is the word for impatience and for being unable to bear a wait.

When is asahishnutha the right choice?

When you mean intolerance rather than restlessness, for instance intolerance of criticism or of another community.