Mischief in Malayalam
The mischief children get up to is കുസൃതി (kusruthi), an affectionate word in the mouths of parents and teachers. It can describe a prank, a sly trick or a glint in someone's eye, and Malayalis use it as a compliment as often as a complaint. Say ku-sru-thi, keeping the sru light.
Mischief, trick, roguishness.
കുട്ടിയുടെ കുസൃതി കണ്ട് എല്ലാവരും ചിരിച്ചു.
kuttiyude kusruthi kandu ellaavarum chirichu.
Everyone laughed at the child's mischief.
All Malayalam words for “mischief”
- കുസൃതി (kusruthi) — Mischief, trick, roguishness.
- പൊല്ലാപ്പ് (pollappu) — Evil, vileness, trouble, mischief, offence.
- വികൃതി (vikrithi) — Abnormality, vicious attitude, symptom of death, mischief.
കുസൃതി (kusruthi) is playful mischief. വികൃതി (vikrithi) is naughtiness that shades into something genuinely bad, and പൊല്ലാപ്പ് (pollappu) is not fun at all: it means trouble, a nuisance or a mess you have landed in.
Common questions
How do you say mischief in Malayalam?
Use കുസൃതി (kusruthi) for mischief and pranks, which is how the word is almost always meant.
Can I call a child by this word?
Yes, and Malayalis do it constantly. Said to a child it is teasing rather than scolding.