Stupid in Malayalam
The word heard most in speech is മഠയന് (madayan), a stupid fellow or blockhead. It names the person rather than the quality, and it is rude. The near-equivalents differ mostly in sting.
Most common translation
Stupid fellow, blockhead, idiot, fool.
ആ ചോദ്യത്തില് ഞാന് ഒരു മഠയന് ആയി.
aa chodyathil njaan oru madayan aayi.
I turned into a blockhead on that question.
All Malayalam words for “stupid”
- മഠയന് (madayan) — Stupid fellow, blockhead, idiot, fool.
- അജ്ഞന് (ajnjan) — Fool, stupid, fellow, ignoramus.
- വിവരദോഷി (vivaradoshi) — Fool, stupid, ignorant.
- മണ്ടന് (mandan) — Stupid fellow, fool.
- മൂഢന് (moodan) — Fool, idiot, stupid person, a wistful person.
- മോശക്കാരന് (moshakkaaran) — Stupid person, poor man, person of not much worth, person of disgraceful behaviour, wrong doer, deceitful person.
മഠയന് (madayan), മണ്ടന് (mandan) and മൂഢന് (moodan) are blunt words for a fool, അജ്ഞന് (ajnjan) and വിവരദോഷി (vivaradoshi) stress ignorance, and മോശക്കാരന് (moshakkaaran) widens out to a worthless or disgraceful person.
Common questions
How do you say stupid in Malayalam?
മഠയന് (madayan) is the common word for a stupid person.
Is there a milder way to put it?
അജ്ഞന് (ajnjan) and വിവരദോഷി (vivaradoshi) point at ignorance rather than insulting outright, though all of these criticise.