Jest in Malayalam
In everyday Malayalam a jest is തമാശ (thamaasha), the word for fun, a joke or a witty remark. More bookish writing prefers കളിവാക്ക് (kalivakku), which means precisely a jest or joke.
Most common translation
Fun, joke, jest, humorous show, witty remark, frivolity.
അവൻ പറഞ്ഞത് വലിയ തമാശയായിരുന്നു.
avan paranjathu valiya thamaashayaayirunnu.
What he said was very funny.
All Malayalam words for “jest”
- തമാശ (thamaasha) — Fun, joke, jest, humorous show, witty remark, frivolity.
- കളിവാക്ക് (kalivakku) — Jest, joke.
- ഹാസ്യം (haasyam) — Joke, jest, fun, pastime, one of the 9 aesthetic sentiments, that which provokes laughter.
- കൊച്ചുവാക്ക് (kochuvaakk) — Children's words, joke, jest, vulgar (bad) word.
ഹാസ്യം (haasyam) is humour as a whole, comedy as a classical sentiment included, and കൊച്ചുവാക്ക് (kochuvaakk) can slide into coarse talk, so neither is a safe swap.
Common questions
How do you say jest in Malayalam?
തമാശ (thamaasha) is the natural choice in speech.
Which option suits writing?
കളിവാക്ക് (kalivakku) reads as the literary word for a jest.