Lack in Malayalam
Lack is അഭാവം (abhavam) in Malayalam, the absence of something. When the point is that there is too little rather than none at all, കുറവ് (kurav) is the word, a shortage or deficiency.
Most common translation
Lack, absence.
വെള്ളത്തിന്റെ അഭാവം ഗ്രാമത്തില് അനുഭവപ്പെട്ടു.
vellathinte abhavam graamathil anubhavappettu.
The lack of water was felt in the village.
All Malayalam words for “lack”
- അഭാവം (abhavam) — Lack, absence.
- ഇല്ലായ്മ (illayama) — Nothingness, lack, naught, poverty.
- കുറവ് (kurav) — Deficiency, shortage, defect, lack.
- അധൈര്യം (adhairyam) — Lack of courage, cowardice.
- അപ്രകാശം (aprakasham) — Lack of light or clarity, hidden state.
- അസാമര്ത്ഥ്യം (asamarthyam) — Lack of skill, inefficiency.
- ഉദാസീനത (udaseenatha) — Indifference, laziness, lack of interest, negligence.
- ദാരിദ്ര്യം (daaridryam) — Poverty, penury, scarcity, lack of means of livelihood.
- നിരുത്സാഹം (nirulsaaham) — Want of enthusiasm, indifference, lack of interest.
- പരാശ്രയം (paraashrayam) — Dependence on others, lack of freedom.
- ബലഹീനത (balaheenatha) — Weakness, lack of strength.
- ലളിതം (lalitham) — Simplicity, lack of pomp, sth. soft, tender or gentle, beautiful.
- ലാഘവബുദ്ധി (laaghavabuddhi) — Lightness of heart, light hearted man, lack of seriousness.
- വിരക്തി (virakthi) — Detachment, lack of interest in worldly matters, disinterestedness.
- വൈരാഗ്യം (vairaagyam) — Lack of affection or affinity, detachment, disgust, contempt esp. of worldliness, hatred, state of an ascetic.
- ശീലക്കേട് (sheelakked) — Bad habit, lack of practice or experience, bad manners, misconduct, anger, peevishness.
ഇല്ലായ്മ (illayama) is nothingness, and the rest name particular lacks: അധൈര്യം (adhairyam) of courage, അസാമര്ത്ഥ്യം (asamarthyam) of skill, അപ്രകാശം (aprakasham) of light and ഉദാസീനത (udaseenatha) of interest.
Common questions
How do you say lack in Malayalam?
അഭാവം (abhavam) names the absence of something.
How do you say lack of courage?
അധൈര്യം (adhairyam), that is cowardice.