Shyness in Malayalam
നാണം (nanam) is shyness, the bashful feeling, and in Kerala it also names the blush of modesty in a bride or a child. ലജ്ജ (lajja) is the Sanskrit equivalent, used in writing.
Most common translation
Shyness, modesty, sense of shame, bashfulness.
പുതിയ ആളുകളെ കാണുമ്പോൾ അവൾക്ക് നാണം ആണ്.
puthiya aalukale kaanumbol avalkku nanam aanu.
She feels shy when meeting new people.
All Malayalam words for “shyness”
- നാണം (nanam) — Shyness, modesty, sense of shame, bashfulness.
- ലജ്ജ (lajja) — Shyness, bashfulness, sense of shame.
- ഹ്രീള (Hreela) — Bashfulness, shyness.
- മടി (madi) — Laziness, idleness. hesitation, shyness, part of the cloth hanging from the girdle, the lap.
- ശങ്ക (shanka) — Doubt, vacillation, disbelief, fear, shyness, modesty.
മടി (madi) is really reluctance and laziness, ശങ്ക (shanka) is doubt that only occasionally reaches shyness, and ഹ്രീള (Hreela) is a rare literary word.
Common questions
How do you say shyness in Malayalam?
Use നാണം (nanam).
Which word does formal writing use?
ലജ്ജ (lajja), the Sanskrit word for bashfulness.