Retaliation in Malayalam
Retaliation is പ്രതികാരം (prathikaram), the Sanskrit noun that Malayalam uses for a blow struck in return. Newspapers reach for it when one side answers an attack, and it carries no apology in it.
Most common translation
Revenge, retaliation, vendetta, remedy, retribution.
പഴയ പ്രതികാരം ഇപ്പോഴും അവന്റെ മനസ്സിലുണ്ട്.
pazhaya prathikaram ippozhum avante manassilundu.
The old vengeance is still in his mind.
All Malayalam words for “retaliation”
- പ്രതികാരം (prathikaram) — Revenge, retaliation, vendetta, remedy, retribution.
- പകവീട്ടല് (pakaveettal) — Revenge, retaliation.
- പ്രതിക്രിയ (prathikriya) — Revenge, retaliation, remedy, compensation, retribution.
- തിരിച്ചടി (thirichadi) — Set back, rebuff, retaliation, counter blast.
- പകരം (pakaram) — Substitute, exchange, retaliation.
pakaveettal is the native rooted noun for paying back a grudge, thirichadi is the counterblow or setback of news language, and pakaram on its own means only instead of or a substitute.
Common questions
How do you say retaliation in Malayalam?
Say പ്രതികാരം (prathikaram).
Which word sounds more personal?
പകവീട്ടല് (pakaveettal), which is about settling a private grudge rather than striking back in public.