Revel in Malayalam
The nearest Malayalam verb to revel is ആഘോഷിക്കുക (aaghoshikkuka), to celebrate. It is what people do at a festival, a wedding or a win, and it carries the noise and the crowd that revel implies without the drunken edge.
Most common translation
Celebrate a festival, parade, revel.
ഞങ്ങൾ വീട്ടിൽ ഓണം ആഘോഷിക്കുന്നു.
njangal veettil onam aaghoshikkunnu
We are celebrating Onam at home.
All Malayalam words for “revel”
- ആഘോഷിക്കുക (aaghoshikkuka) — Celebrate a festival, parade, revel.
- മേളിക്കുക (melikkuka) — Meet together, revel, enjoy, show pomp, encounter.
- പുളയുക (pulayuka) — Twist the body, whirl about, wriggle, squiggle, revel frantically.
melikkuka is an old word for coming together with pomp, and pulayuka is about writhing or wriggling and reaches revel only through that image; neither fits the modern sense as well as aaghoshikkuka.
Common questions
How do you say revel in Malayalam?
Use ആഘോഷിക്കുക (aaghoshikkuka), the verb for celebrating.
Is there a word for revelling in a bad sense?
Not in this list. Malayalam would add a word about excess or drink to the verb for celebrating.