Sin in Malayalam
Sin is പാപം (paapam) in Malayalam, the word used in sermons, proverbs and daily speech. It also works as an exclamation of pity, said of someone who has suffered unfairly. That double life makes it one of the most heard words in the language.
Most common translation
Sin, crime, wickedness, villainy.
കള്ളം പറയുന്നത് പാപം ആണ്.
kallam parayunnathu paapam aanu.
Telling a lie is a sin.
All Malayalam words for “sin”
- പാപം (paapam) — Sin, crime, wickedness, villainy.
- അഘം (agham) — Sin, harm, sorrow, pain.
- പാതകം (paathakam) — Sin, crime, terrible deed, heinous crime.
- കര്മ്മദോഷം (karmmadosham) — Evil consequences of human acts, sin, misfortune.
- ദോഷം (dosham) — Flaw, harm, fault, sin, bad manners, illness, dusk, poetical defect, adultery.
- മലിനം (malinam) — Dirt, filth, crime, blemish, sin, impurity.
- മാലിന്യം (maalinyam) — Filth, dirt, stain, pollution, sin, waste.
- വ്യസനം (vyasanam) — Any of the wrong doings like sorrow, danger, misery, sin, excessive passion, drinking (liquors), gambling, hunting, vice, etc.
- അകര്മ്മം (akarmam) — Inaction, indolence, laziness, improper, action, sin relax.
- ദോഷപ്പെടുക (doshappeduka) — Get spoilt, go bad, become polluted, be defiled, fall into sin.
- പാപപരിഹാരം (papapariharam) — Atonement for sin.
- മഹാപാതകം (mahaapaathakam) — A great sin, inhuman act.
- മഹാപാപം (mahaapaapam) — Felon, great sin.
paapam is the general word for sin, paathakam is a grave sin or heinous crime, agham is a literary word for sin and sorrow, and karmmadosham is the evil consequence of past deeds.
Common questions
How do you say sin in Malayalam?
Say പാപം (paapam).
Why is paapam also said out of pity?
Because പാപം (paapam) covers both sin and the misfortune that follows it, so it is used to mean poor thing or what a pity.