Stain in Malayalam
Stain is കളങ്കം (kalankam), used as much for a stain on a reputation as for a mark on a surface. Writing favours the figurative reading, as in a stain on a name. Three light syllables.
Most common translation
Stain, impurity, blackness, blemish, defamation, blot.
ഉടുപ്പിൽ ഒരു കളങ്കം വീണുപോയി.
uduppil oru kalankam veenupoyi.
A stain fell on the shirt.
All Malayalam words for “stain”
- കളങ്കം (kalankam) — Stain, impurity, blackness, blemish, defamation, blot.
- അങ്കിതം (ankitham) — That is marked, mark, scar, stain.
- മാലിന്യം (maalinyam) — Filth, dirt, stain, pollution, sin, waste.
- കറുപ്പ് (karuppu) — Black, opium. stain, ill-fame.
കളങ്കം (kalankam) is a stain or blemish, often figurative, മാലിന്യം (maalinyam) is filth and pollution, അങ്കിതം (ankitham) is a mark or scar, and കറുപ്പ് (karuppu) lists stain beside black and ill fame.
Common questions
How do you say stain in Malayalam?
കളങ്കം (kalankam), which covers both a mark and a blemish on one's name.
Which word means dirt or filth?
മാലിന്യം (maalinyam), used for filth, waste and pollution.