Slander in Malayalam
The noun for slander is പരദൂഷണം (paradooshanam), literally the defaming of others. Court reports, church sermons and family quarrels all draw on it. Five syllables, and in speech it often shortens in the middle.
Defaming others, calumniation, calumny, slander.
പരദൂഷണം പറയുന്നത് നല്ല ശീലമല്ല.
paradooshanam parayunnathu nalla sheelamalla.
Speaking ill of others is not a good habit.
All Malayalam words for “slander”
- പരദൂഷണം (paradooshanam) — Defaming others, calumniation, calumny, slander.
- അപശ്രുതി (apasruthi) — Notoriety, slander.
- ഇല്ലാത്തത് (illathathu) — Falsehood, slander, sth, not true.
- ഏഷണി പറയുക (eshani parayuka) — Calumniate, slander, backbite.
- ദൂഷ്യം പറയുക (dooshyam parayuka) — Blame, slander, speak ill off.
ഏഷണി പറയുക (eshani parayuka) and ദൂഷ്യം പറയുക (dooshyam parayuka) are verb phrases for the act of slandering, while അപശ്രുതി (apasruthi) is closer to notoriety and ഇല്ലാത്തത് (illathathu) simply means a falsehood.
Common questions
How do you say slander in Malayalam?
പരദൂഷണം (paradooshanam) for the noun, the speaking of ill about others.
How do I say to slander someone?
Use a verb phrase such as ഏഷണി പറയുക (eshani parayuka) or ദൂഷ്യം പറയുക (dooshyam parayuka), both of which mean to speak ill of a person.