Poverty in Malayalam
Poverty is ദാരിദ്ര്യം (daaridryam) in Malayalam, the standard word in reports, speeches and school essays. It names a lack of means rather than a passing shortage. Say daa-rid-ryam.
Most common translation
Poverty, penury, scarcity, lack of means of livelihood.
ഈ ഗ്രാമത്തിലെ ദാരിദ്ര്യം കുറഞ്ഞുവരുന്നു.
ee graamathile daaridryam kuranjuvarunnu.
Poverty in this village is coming down.
All Malayalam words for “poverty”
- ദാരിദ്ര്യം (daaridryam) — Poverty, penury, scarcity, lack of means of livelihood.
- പഞ്ഞം (panjam) — Poverty, famine.
- ഇല്ലായ്മ (illayama) — Nothingness, lack, naught, poverty.
- കഷ്ടത (kashtatha) — Misery, trouble, hardship, pity, poverty.
- ഖേദം (gedam) — Grief, sorrow, disease, poverty, weariness.
- ഗതികേട് (gathiked) — Penury, destitution, poverty.
- നിരക്കം (nirakkam) — Crawling, creeping, distress, poverty.
- നിര്ഗ്ഗതി (nirggathi) — A man of poverty, indigence, poverty.
- അഗതി (agathi) — Destitute, living in poverty, impoverished.
- അത്താഴപട്ടിണി (athazhapattini) — Abject poverty.
- ഏട്ട (eatta) — Unlucky woman, goddess of misfortune and poverty, a kind of fish.
- ദാരിദ്ര്യം പറയുക (daaridryam parayuka) — Complain about poverty.
- നിര്ദ്ധനന് (nirddhanan) — Penurious man, poor man, a man of poverty.
- പരവശന് (paravashan) — One who is controlled by to another, one victimized by poverty, illness, etc., one who is tired.
ദാരിദ്ര്യം (daaridryam) and ഗതികേട് (gathiked) are the direct terms, പഞ്ഞം (panjam) suggests scarcity and famine, ഇല്ലായ്മ (illayama) is lack in the abstract, and കഷ്ടത (kashtatha), ഖേദം (gedam) and നിരക്കം (nirakkam) blend poverty with misery and distress.
Common questions
How do you say poverty in Malayalam?
ദാരിദ്ര്യം (daaridryam) is the usual word for poverty.
Which word suggests destitution?
ഗതികേട് (gathiked) means penury and destitution.