Offence in Malayalam

An offence or fault is അപരാധം (aparadham) in Malayalam, used both of wrongdoing and of a legal offence. The entry also has അതിക്രമം (athikramam), a transgression or trespass, and ശിക്ഷ (shiksha), the punishment that follows. Everyday apologies often use the first.

Most common translation

അപരാധം (aparadham)

Offence, fault.

അവൻ ചെയ്ത അപരാധം ഏറ്റുപറഞ്ഞു.

avan cheytha aparadham ettuparanju.

He confessed the offence he had committed.

All Malayalam words for “offence”

അപരാധം is the fault or offence itself, അതിക്രമം a violation or trespass, പരിഭവം the feeling of being slighted, and ശിക്ഷ the penalty imposed.

Common questions

How do you say offence in Malayalam?

Say അപരാധം (aparadham).

How do you say punishment?

ശിക്ഷ (shiksha).