Retribution in Malayalam
Retribution comes out in Malayalam as പ്രതികാരം (prathikaram), the same noun that does duty for revenge and retaliation. The language does not keep deserved punishment apart from payback, so the moral weight has to come from the sentence around it.
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 “retribution”
- പ്രതികാരം (prathikaram) — Revenge, retaliation, vendetta, remedy, retribution.
- പ്രതിക്രിയ (prathikriya) — Revenge, retaliation, remedy, compensation, retribution.
prathikriya leans towards a counter measure or a remedy, which blunts the sense of punishment, so for retribution prathikaram is the safer choice.
Common questions
How do you say retribution in Malayalam?
Say പ്രതികാരം (prathikaram), bearing in mind that it also means revenge.
Is there a word that means only just punishment?
Not among these. Malayalam would build it with words for justice or sin rather than with either of these nouns.