Madness in Malayalam
Madness is ചിത്തഭ്രമം (chithabhramam), the measured term for insanity used in medical and legal writing. In looser talk people say പൈത്യം (paithyam) of foolish behaviour. The word joins chitham, mind, with bhramam, derangement.
Most common translation
Madness, insanity.
ദുഃഖം കൊണ്ട് അയാൾക്ക് ചിത്തഭ്രമം വന്നു.
duhkham kondu ayaalkku chithabhramam vannu
Grief brought on his madness.
All Malayalam words for “madness”
- ചിത്തഭ്രമം (chithabhramam) — Madness, insanity.
- ഉന്മത്തം (unmatham) — Madness, thorn-apple, datura.
- പൈത്യം (paithyam) — Madness, folly, foolishness.
- നൊസ്സ് (noss) — Eccentricity, madness, drunkenness.
- ബഹുളി (bahuli) — Confusion, confused state, bewildered state, haste, rutting, madness.
- ഭ്രാന്തം (bhraantham) — Rotation, revolution, madness, confusion in mind, recklessness.
ചിത്തഭ്രമം (chithabhramam) is insanity proper, ഉന്മത്തം (unmatham) a literary word that also names the datura plant, പൈത്യം (paithyam) folly, and നൊസ്സ് (noss) a teasing word for eccentricity.
Common questions
How do you say madness in Malayalam?
ചിത്തഭ്രമം (chithabhramam), madness or insanity.
Is there a lighter, joking word?
നൊസ്സ് (noss), used for eccentricity or being a little mad.