Loss in Malayalam

Loss comes out as ചേതം (chetham) in Malayalam, used of damage done, goods spoilt and money gone. A trader speaking of a bad season would use it. Two syllables, che-tham.

Most common translation

ചേതം (chetham)

Loss, damage, destruction, harm.

തീപിടുത്തത്തില്‍ വലിയ ചേതം ഉണ്ടായി.

theepiduthathil valiya chetham undaayi.

Great loss occurred in the fire.

All Malayalam words for “loss”

ചേതം (chetham) is loss or damage, ഹാനി (haani) formal harm or shortfall, കൈമോശം (kaimosham) something lost by accident, and കെടുതി (keduthi) ruin brought by misfortune.

Common questions

How do you say loss in Malayalam?

ചേതം (chetham), loss, damage or harm.

Which word suits a thing lost by accident?

കൈമോശം (kaimosham), an accidental loss.