Misfortune in Malayalam
Misfortune or bad luck is ദുര്ഭാഗ്യം (durbhaagyam). It is what is said when things go wrong through nobody's fault. Adversity as a continuing state is ദുരവസ്ഥ (duravastha).
Most common translation
Misfortune, ill-luck.
ദുര്ഭാഗ്യം കൊണ്ട് ട്രെയിൻ നഷ്ടപ്പെട്ടു.
durbhaagyam kondu train nashtappettu.
By bad luck I missed the train.
All Malayalam words for “misfortune”
- ദുര്ഭാഗ്യം (durbhaagyam) — Misfortune, ill-luck.
- കാലക്കേട് (kalakkedu) — Misfortune, ill- luck, adversity.
- കാലദോഷം (kaaladosham) — Misfortune, ill-luck, adversity.
- ദുര്യോഗം (duryogam) — Misfortune, calamity, association with bad people, bad company.
- ദൗര്ഭാഗ്യം (dourbhaagyam) — Misfortune, ill-luck.
- നിര്ഭാഗ്യം (nirbhagyam) — Misfortune, ill-luck.
- ദുരവസ്ഥ (duravastha) — Difficult situation, misfortune, adversity.
- ദൈവദോഷം (daivadosham) — Misfortune caused by divine influence, misfortune, adversity, calamity, wrath of God.
- മുസീവത്ത് (museevath) — (Arab.) danger, misfortune, adversity, misery.
- ആപത്ത് (aapath) — Danger, peril, misfortune.
- കര്മ്മദോഷം (karmmadosham) — Evil consequences of human acts, sin, misfortune.
- ഏട്ട (eatta) — Unlucky woman, goddess of misfortune and poverty, a kind of fish.
durbhaagyam, dourbhaagyam and nirbhagyam all say ill-luck with slight differences of form, while kaaladosham blames the times, duryogam adds bad company, and duravastha is a difficult situation.
Common questions
How do you say misfortune in Malayalam?
ദുര്ഭാഗ്യം (durbhaagyam) is the word for misfortune.
Which word blames an unlucky period?
കാലദോഷം (kaaladosham), misfortune put down to a bad time.