Laziness in Malayalam
Laziness in day-to-day Malayalam is മടി (madi), two light syllables with a retroflex d. If you cannot be bothered to get up, this is the word you use. It also covers hesitation and shyness, so tone and context separate the senses.
Laziness, idleness. hesitation, shyness, part of the cloth hanging from the girdle, the lap.
രാവിലെ എഴുന്നേൽക്കാൻ അവനു മടി ആണ്.
raavile ezhunnelkkaan avanu madi aanu.
He is lazy about getting up in the morning.
All Malayalam words for “laziness”
- മടി (madi) — Laziness, idleness. hesitation, shyness, part of the cloth hanging from the girdle, the lap.
- അലസത (alasatha) — Laziness, indolence.
- ഉത്സാഹക്കുറവ് (uthsaahakkurav) — Apathy, laziness, inertia.
- ഉദാസീനത (udaseenatha) — Indifference, laziness, lack of interest, negligence.
- നിദ്ര (nidra) — Sleep, laziness, indolence, dormant state.
- അകര്മ്മം (akarmam) — Inaction, indolence, laziness, improper, action, sin relax.
- മന്ദത (mandhatha) — Stupidity, slowness, laziness, dullness, weakness, slovenliness.
- സ്വപ്നം (swapnam) — State between sleep and waking up, dream, dreaming, state of imaging, laziness, indolence.
മടി (madi) is the spoken word for not feeling like doing something; അലസത (alasatha) is the neutral written noun for laziness; ഉത്സാഹക്കുറവ് (uthsaahakkurav) is literally a lack of enthusiasm; ഉദാസീനത (udaseenatha) is indifference; and നിദ്ര (nidra), സ്വപ്നം (swapnam), മന്ദത (mandhatha) and അകര്മ്മം (akarmam) reach laziness only through their senses of sleep, dullness and inaction.
Common questions
How do you say laziness in Malayalam?
In speech it is മടി (madi); in writing അലസത (alasatha) is the usual noun.
Which word should I use in an essay?
അലസത (alasatha) is the clean written noun. Keep മടി (madi) for speech, where it sounds natural.