Prostitution in Malayalam
അഭിസരണം (abhisaranam) is the entry offered for prostitution, a Sanskrit word whose literal sense is going out to meet a lover. It is literary and dated, not what a newspaper or a court order would use today.
Prostitution.
അഭിസരണം നിയമപ്രകാരം ഗുരുതരമായ കുറ്റമാണ്.
abhisaranam niyamaprakaaram gurutharamaaya kuttamaanu.
Prostitution is a serious offence under the law.
All Malayalam words for “prostitution”
- അഭിസരണം (abhisaranam) — Prostitution.
- പിഴ (pizha) — Slip, oversight, error, injustice, livelihood, atonement, prostitution, adultery, fine.
The current Malayalam term for prostitution as a trade is not in this list. പിഴ (pizha) is a wide ranging word for a fault, a fine or a livelihood, with prostitution only one of its old meanings, so it is not usable for the sense.
Common questions
How do you say prostitution in Malayalam?
അഭിസരണം (abhisaranam) is the entry here, though it is a literary word; modern usage prefers a term this list does not include.
Can the second entry be used for it?
Better not. പിഴ (pizha) means error, fine or livelihood in ordinary use and would be misread.