Shame in Malayalam
നാണക്കേട് (naanakked) is shame in the sense of disgrace, the loss of face a person or a family suffers. For the feeling of shame or modesty, നാണം (nanam) and ലജ്ജ (lajja) are the words, and they carry no reproach.
Most common translation
Shame, disgrace, shamelessness.
ഇത് കുടുംബത്തിന് നാണക്കേട് ആണ്.
ithu kudumbaththinu naanakked aanu.
This is a disgrace to the family.
All Malayalam words for “shame”
- നാണക്കേട് (naanakked) — Shame, disgrace, shamelessness.
- കൂസല് (koosal) — Bashfulness, shame, fear, hesitation.
- തട്ടുകേട് (thattuked) — Exhaustion, failure, shame.
- ചമ്മല് (chammal) — Feeling of shame, vexation, embarrassment.
- നാണം (nanam) — Shyness, modesty, sense of shame, bashfulness.
- നാണംകെടുക (naanamkeduka) — Be disgraced or insulted, be put to shame.
- ലജ്ജ (lajja) — Shyness, bashfulness, sense of shame.
chammal is embarrassment, the awkward flush of being caught out, koosal is bashfulness mixed with hesitation, and naanamkeduka is the verb, to be put to shame.
Common questions
How do you say shame in Malayalam?
നാണക്കേട് (naanakked) for disgrace; നാണം (nanam) for the feeling of shame or modesty.
Which word fits embarrassment?
ചമ്മല് (chammal).