Pitiable in Malayalam

Something pitiable is ദയനീയ (dayaneeya), an adjective meaning deserving of kindness or pity. It fits a pitiable state, a pitiable sight and a pitiable plight. Newspapers favour it when describing hardship.

Most common translation

ദയനീയ (dayaneeya)

Pitiable, deserving kindness.

നായ്ക്കുട്ടിയുടെ ദയനീയ കരച്ചിൽ ഞങ്ങൾ കേട്ടു.

naaykkuttiyude dayaneeya karachil njangal kettu

We heard the puppy's pitiable whimper.

All Malayalam words for “pitiable”

ദയനീയ (dayaneeya) and ശോചനീയ (shochaneeya) sit close together, the second adding a note of lament. അതിദൈന്യം (athidainyam) is the noun for extreme wretchedness, and മന്യു (manyu) reaches a pitiable condition only through its senses of grief and illness.

Common questions

How do you say pitiable in Malayalam?

ദയനീയ (dayaneeya) is the adjective for pitiable or deserving pity.

Which word suits a lamentable situation?

ശോചനീയ (shochaneeya), which carries the added sense of sad and lamentable.