Impediment in Malayalam
An impediment is വിഘ്നം (vighnam) in Malayalam, familiar from the idea of obstacles being cleared before a new undertaking. The ghn is one cluster: vigh-nam. It covers anything that gets in the way of a plan or a ceremony.
Most common translation
Obstacle, impediment, hindrance.
ഒരു വിഘ്നം കൂടാതെ ചടങ്ങ് കഴിഞ്ഞു.
oru vighnam koodaathe chadangu kazhinju.
The ceremony finished without a single obstacle.
All Malayalam words for “impediment”
- വിഘ്നം (vighnam) — Obstacle, impediment, hindrance.
- വിഘാതം (vighaatham) — Hindrance, obstacle, impediment.
വിഘ്നം (vighnam) is the commoner of the two and carries a slightly ceremonial flavour; വിഘാതം (vighaatham) means much the same but appears mainly in formal writing.
Common questions
What is impediment in Malayalam?
വിഘ്നം (vighnam), the usual word for an obstacle or hindrance.
Does വിഘ്നം have a religious use?
It is strongly tied to prayers for an undertaking to pass without obstacles, so it appears in devotional contexts as well as plain prose.