Misery in Malayalam
Misery and hardship are both കഷ്ടത (kashtatha), a word Malayalam speakers use freely about tough circumstances. The sht cluster is a retroflex sh followed by t.
Misery, trouble, hardship, pity, poverty.
അവർ വലിയ കഷ്ടത അനുഭവിച്ചു.
avar valiya kashtatha anubhavichu.
They went through great hardship.
All Malayalam words for “misery”
- കഷ്ടത (kashtatha) — Misery, trouble, hardship, pity, poverty.
- ദുരിതം (duritham) — Misery, grief, adversity.
- ആതങ്കം (aathankam) — Sickness, ailment, misery, grief.
- കദനം (kadanam) — Grief, suffering, misery.
- ദൈനം, ദൈന്യത (dainam dainatha) — Grief, affliction, misery, distress, depression.
- മുസീവത്ത് (museevath) — (Arab.) danger, misfortune, adversity, misery.
- വ്യസനം (vyasanam) — Any of the wrong doings like sorrow, danger, misery, sin, excessive passion, drinking (liquors), gambling, hunting, vice, etc.
- നരകം (narakam) — Hell, world where sinners go after death; (idm.) a place full of misery and pain.
- നാരകം (naarakam) — Sth. hellish, hellish misery.
കഷ്ടത (kashtatha) is everyday hardship; ദുരിതം (duritham) is a heavier literary misery that also means calamity; കദനം (kadanam) is grief in written style; ആതങ്കം (aathankam) mixes misery with sickness; നരകം (narakam) and നാരകം (naarakam) compare a situation to hell; and മുസീവത്ത് (museevath) is an Arabic borrowing for misfortune.
Common questions
How do you say misery in Malayalam?
കഷ്ടത (kashtatha) covers misery, hardship and trouble.
Which word is strongest?
നരകം (narakam), literally hell, is the most emphatic way to describe a life full of misery, and it is used figuratively.