Regret in Malayalam

ഖേദിക്കുക (gedikkuka) is the verb for regretting something: being sorry, wishing you had acted otherwise. It is the word in formal announcements where an institution regrets to inform you of something. Four beats, the first a long vowel.

Most common translation

ഖേദിക്കുക (gedikkuka)

Be sorry, regret, repent.

പറഞ്ഞ വാക്കിൽ ഞാൻ ഖേദിക്കുന്നു.

paranja vaakkil njaan khedikkunnu.

I regret the words I said.

All Malayalam words for “regret”

അനുതാപം (anuthaapam) is a noun that in modern Malayalam usually means sympathy or condolence, so it is risky as a translation of regret, and പശ്ചാത്തപിക്കുക (pashchaathapikkuka) and വ്യസനിക്കുക (vyasanikkuka) lean towards repentance and grief.

Common questions

How do you say regret in Malayalam?

ഖേദിക്കുക (gedikkuka) for the verb; the sense of being sorry about something that happened.

Which word fits regret in the sense of remorse?

പശ്ചാത്തപിക്കുക (pashchaathapikkuka), which is specifically about being penitent over a wrong.