Self-sacrifice in Malayalam
ആത്മത്യാഗം (aathmathyaagam) is self-sacrifice, giving up one's own interests or life for others, and it is the word on memorials and in speeches about soldiers and reformers. In political and religious writing it is high praise rather than a neutral description.
Most common translation
Self-sacrifice, suicide.
അമ്മയുടെ ആത്മത്യാഗം മക്കൾ മറക്കരുത്.
ammayude aathmathyaagam makkal marakkaruthu.
Children should not forget a mother's self-sacrifice.
Dictionary entry
- ആത്മത്യാഗം (aathmathyaagam) — Self-sacrifice, suicide.
The entry also lists suicide, since the compound literally means giving up the self, so the context has to settle which is meant.
Common questions
How do you say self-sacrifice in Malayalam?
ആത്മത്യാഗം (aathmathyaagam).
Can the word mean suicide?
Literally it can, but in modern use the praising sense of self-sacrifice is far more common.