Impurity in Malayalam
Impurity is അശുദ്ധം (ashudham), a word used both for physical impurity in water or food and for ritual impurity in religious contexts. It is the plain opposite of pure and is widely understood.
Most common translation
Impure or polluted, impurity.
ഈ കിണറിലെ വെള്ളം അശുദ്ധം ആണ്.
ee kinarile vellam ashudham aanu.
The water in this well is impure.
All Malayalam words for “impurity”
- അശുദ്ധം (ashudham) — Impure or polluted, impurity.
- കളങ്കം (kalankam) — Stain, impurity, blackness, blemish, defamation, blot.
- മലിനം (malinam) — Dirt, filth, crime, blemish, sin, impurity.
അശുദ്ധം (ashudham) is impure or impurity in general, കളങ്കം (kalankam) is a stain or blemish and extends to damage to a reputation, and മലിനം (malinam) is dirt and filth with an overtone of moral taint.
Common questions
How do you say impurity in Malayalam?
അശുദ്ധം (ashudham) is the word for impurity or something impure.
Which word fits a stain on someone's reputation?
കളങ്കം (kalankam), used for a blot, blemish or defamation as well as a literal stain.