Repentance in Malayalam
അനുതാപം (anuthaapam) is repentance, the noun for being sorry about what one has done. Preachers use it in the religious sense and newspapers in the ordinary one. Five beats, with the long vowel in the middle.
Most common translation
Repentance, regret, sympathy.
തെറ്റ് മനസ്സിലാക്കി അവന് അനുതാപം തോന്നി.
thettu manassilaakki avanu anuthaapam thonni.
Realizing his mistake he felt remorse.
Dictionary entry
- അനുതാപം (anuthaapam) — Repentance, regret, sympathy.
In modern Malayalam the same word very often means sympathy or condolence, as in a message of condolence, so a sentence about repentance usually needs other words around it to be unambiguous.
Common questions
How do you say repentance in Malayalam?
അനുതാപം (anuthaapam), the noun for being sorry or penitent.
Why does it also mean sympathy?
Both senses come from feeling with or feeling after an event, and the condolence sense has become the commoner one in daily use.