Indolence in Malayalam
Indolence is അലസത (alasatha) in Malayalam, plain laziness and the unwillingness to stir. It is an abstract noun, so it names the state rather than the lazy person.
Most common translation
Laziness, indolence.
അലസത ഒരുവന്റെ ജീവിതം നശിപ്പിക്കും.
alasatha oruvante jeevitham nashippikkum.
Laziness ruins a person's life.
All Malayalam words for “indolence”
- അലസത (alasatha) — Laziness, indolence.
- അകര്മ്മം (akarmam) — Inaction, indolence, laziness, improper, action, sin relax.
- നിദ്ര (nidra) — Sleep, laziness, indolence, dormant state.
- സ്വപ്നം (swapnam) — State between sleep and waking up, dream, dreaming, state of imaging, laziness, indolence.
അകര്മ്മം (akarmam) is inaction and can carry a moral charge, നിദ്ര (nidra) is sleep used figuratively for a dormant state, and സ്വപ്നം (swapnam) is the drowsy condition between sleep and waking.
Common questions
How do you say indolence in Malayalam?
അലസത (alasatha) is the direct word for it.
Why are words for sleep listed?
Because നിദ്ര (nidra) and സ്വപ്നം (swapnam) extend from sleeping and dreaming to a sluggish, dormant state.