Respectability in Malayalam
Respectability is മാന്യത (maanyatha), the abstract noun built on the adjective for honourable. Malayalam uses it of families, of public conduct and of the standing a profession carries, and it has a faintly moralising ring.
Most common translation
Respectability.
അയാളുടെ മാന്യത എല്ലാവർക്കും അറിയാം.
ayaalude maanyatha ellaavarkkum ariyaam.
Everyone knows his respectability.
Dictionary entry
- മാന്യത (maanyatha) — Respectability.
The same root gives the polite title placed before a name in letters and on envelopes, so the word is about social standing rather than personal virtue.
Common questions
How do you say respectability in Malayalam?
Say മാന്യത (maanyatha).
Does maanyatha mean the same as respect?
No. Respect is what others give you; മാന്യത (maanyatha) is the quality in you that earns it.