Penance in Malayalam
Penance as a religious observance taken on as a discipline is വ്രതം (vratham): a vow, a fast, a period of continence. Say vra-tham. In Kerala it is the everyday word for the abstinence kept before a temple pilgrimage.
Most common translation
Oath, vow, penance, continence, fasting.
അമ്മ തിങ്കളാഴ്ച വ്രതം എടുക്കുന്നു.
amma thinkalaazhcha vratham edukkunnu
Mother keeps a fast on Mondays.
All Malayalam words for “penance”
- വ്രതം (vratham) — Oath, vow, penance, continence, fasting.
- പ്രതിവിധി (prathividhi) — Remedy, antidote, penance, atonement.
- അഗ്നിതപസ് (agnithapasu) — Penance with fire on all the four sides and the sun overhead.
- നോല്ക്കുക (nolkkuka) — Fast, undertake penance.
- വീട്ടുക (veettuka) — Repay a debt, return (a service, etc.), end a penance or vow, revenge.
പ്രതിവിധി (prathividhi) is penance as atonement, a remedy for a wrong done, and നോല്ക്കുക (nolkkuka) is the verb, to fast and keep the observance.
Common questions
How do you say penance in Malayalam?
As a vow or austerity, penance is വ്രതം (vratham).
What is the verb for doing penance?
നോല്ക്കുക (nolkkuka), to fast and undertake it; ending a vow is വീട്ടുക (veettuka).