Pride in Malayalam
Pride in the good sense, what a parent feels or a team carries, is അഭിമാനം (abhimanam), a word much closer to self respect than to vanity. The unpleasant kind of pride has its own set of words.
Sense of honour, pride.
മകന്റെ വിജയത്തിൽ അമ്മയ്ക്ക് അഭിമാനം തോന്നി.
makante vijayathil ammaykku abhimanam thonni.
The mother felt proud of her son's success.
All Malayalam words for “pride”
- അഭിമാനം (abhimanam) — Sense of honour, pride.
- അഹങ്കാരം (ahankaram) — Pride, egoism, arrogance.
- ഗമ (gama) — Pride, putting on airs, snobbery, affectation.
- ഗര്വ്വം (garvvam) — Pride, haughtiness, arrogance.
- നിഗളം (nigalam) — Pride, boastfulness.
- മാനിത (maanitha) — Pride, haughtiness, honour, respect.
- വന്പ് (vanp) — Greatness, pride, boasting, pretence of greatness.
- സ്മയം (smayam) — Amazement, pride, haughtiness.
- ആഡംബരം (aadambaram) — Pomp, ostentation, pride, luxury show, blowing of trumpets.
- പൊങ്ങച്ചം (pongacham) — Boasting, vain glory, pride, levity.
- വലിപ്പം (valippam) — Greatness, haughtiness, nobility, pride, self esteem.
അഹങ്കാരം (ahankaram) and ഗര്വ്വം (garvvam) mean arrogance and haughtiness, ഗമ (gama) is putting on airs, നിഗളം (nigalam) is boastfulness, വന്പ് (vanp) is a pretence of greatness, and മാനിത (maanitha) sits between honour and haughtiness.
Common questions
How do you say pride in Malayalam?
അഭിമാനം (abhimanam) for pride you can be glad of, അഹങ്കാരം (ahankaram) when pride means arrogance.
Which of these words would offend someone?
അഹങ്കാരം (ahankaram). Calling a person that says they are arrogant, not proud.