Pain in Malayalam

Pain is നോവ് (nov) in Malayalam, a short word used of a hurting tooth, a sore knee or a wounded heart. It covers bodily ache and grief together. The vowel is long and the final sound soft: no-v.

Most common translation

നോവ് (nov)

Pain, grief, disease, illness.

മുറിവിന്റെ നോവ് ഇപ്പോള്‍ കുറഞ്ഞു

murivinte novu ippol kuranju

The pain of the wound has decreased now.

All Malayalam words for “pain”

നോവ് (nov) is everyday pain, നൊമ്പരം (nombaram) a tender pang in more literary use, വേദനപ്പെടുത്തുക (vedanappeduthuka) the verb to hurt someone, and താപം (thapam), അഘം (agham), ദണ്ണം (dannam) and നീറ്റല്‍ (neettal) mix pain with heat, sin, illness or smouldering grief.

Common questions

How do you say pain in Malayalam?

നോവ് (nov) is the ordinary word for pain.

How do you say to cause pain?

വേദനപ്പെടുത്തുക (vedanappeduthuka) is the verb to hurt or torment.