Rumour in Malayalam
ലോകവാര്ത്ത (lokavaartha) is rumour, literally the talk of the world, and it meets the English word head on. In casual speech people often prefer അങ്ങാടിവാര്ത്ത (angadivartha), street talk, or the livelier അങ്ങാടിപ്പാട്ട് (angadippattu), bazaar talk that has become the talk of the town.
Most common translation
Rumour.
ഈ ലോകവാര്ത്ത ആരും വിശ്വസിച്ചില്ല.
ee lokavaartha aarum vishwasichilla.
Nobody believed this rumour.
All Malayalam words for “rumour”
- ലോകവാര്ത്ത (lokavaartha) — Rumour.
- പറച്ചില് (parachil) — Saying, rumour, hearsay.
- അങ്ങാടിപ്പാട്ട് (angadippattu) — Street gossip, public scandal, widespread, rumour, bazaar talk, the talk of the town.
- അങ്ങാടിവാര്ത്ത (angadivartha) — Street talk, common talk, rumour, hearsay.
- ഒച്ച (ocha) — Sound, noise, rumour, fame, din, clamour, voice.
- ജന്യം (janyam) — Birth, that which is produced, product, the body, rumour, war.
- വാക്ക് (vaakk) — Word, sound produced by man denoting some sense, saying, rumour, advice, promise.
- ശ്രുതി (shruthi) — Hearing, news, rumour, sound, ear, scripture, (mus.) background tune, increasing the tone.
ocha and vaakk list rumour among many senses but mean sound and word first, so they make poor substitutes.
Common questions
How do you say rumour in Malayalam?
ലോകവാര്ത്ത (lokavaartha); for gossip going round the market or the neighbourhood, അങ്ങാടിവാര്ത്ത (angadivartha).
Which word suggests a public scandal?
അങ്ങാടിപ്പാട്ട് (angadippattu), talk loud enough to reach the whole bazaar.