Stubbornness in Malayalam
ദുര്വ്വാശി (durvvaashi) is stubbornness, the dug-in refusal to give way. Say dur-vvaa-shi; the first part is the prefix for bad and the rest is insistence, so it reads as wrongheaded insistence. It covers a child's tantrum and an adult who will not be reasoned with.
Most common translation
Obstinacy, stubbornness.
കുട്ടിയുടെ ദുര്വ്വാശി അമ്മയെ വിഷമിപ്പിച്ചു.
kuttiyude durvvaashi ammaye vishamippichu.
The child's obstinacy upset the mother.
All Malayalam words for “stubbornness”
- ദുര്വ്വാശി (durvvaashi) — Obstinacy, stubbornness.
- മുരടത്തം (muradatham) — Stubbornness, roughness, perverseness.
മുരടത്തം (muradatham) is stubbornness mixed with roughness and a sour temper, closer to perverseness than to plain obstinacy.
Common questions
How do you say stubbornness in Malayalam?
Stubbornness is ദുര്വ്വാശി (durvvaashi).
Is durvvaashi ever a compliment?
No. The bad prefix settles that. Determination that is admired gets described with the words for firmness instead.