Injustice in Malayalam
Injustice in ordinary speech is അന്യായം (anyayam), used much the way English uses that is not fair. The y is light, so it comes out as an-yaa-yam.
Injustice, suit in a court.
അവനോട് ചെയ്തത് അന്യായമാണ്.
avanodu cheythathu anyayamaanu.
What was done to him is unjust.
All Malayalam words for “injustice”
- അന്യായം (anyayam) — Injustice, suit in a court.
- അധര്മ്മം (adharmam) — Injustice, lawlessness, malpractice, unrighteousness, doing what is not right.
- നീതികേട് (neethikedu) — Injustice, foul play.
- അതിക്രമം (athikramam) — Offence, outrage, injustice, trespass.
- പിഴ (pizha) — Slip, oversight, error, injustice, livelihood, atonement, prostitution, adultery, fine.
- മര്യാദകേട് (maryaadaked) — Bad manners, indecent behaviour, impropriety, injustice, sth. against custom, rudeness.
അന്യായം (anyayam) is the everyday complaint, അധര്മ്മം (adharmam) lifts it to a moral or religious plane, നീതികേട് (neethikedu) spells out a failure of justice, അതിക്രമം (athikramam) shades into trespass and outrage, while പിഴ (pizha) and മര്യാദകേട് (maryaadaked) drift towards error and bad manners.
Common questions
How do you say injustice in Malayalam?
അന്യായം (anyayam) is the common word for injustice.
What is the difference between anyayam and adharmam?
അന്യായം (anyayam) is an unfair act in daily life; അധര്മ്മം (adharmam) is unrighteousness, a weightier word tied to dharma and moral law.