Suffering in Malayalam

Suffering is പങ്കപ്പാട് (pankappadu) in Malayalam, the word for hardship borne in the body, the grind of toil and want. It suits the lived experience of struggle rather than abstract sorrow. Say pan-kap-pa-du.

Most common translation

പങ്കപ്പാട് (pankappadu)

Bodily, suffering, trouble, toil.

പാടത്തെ പണി വലിയ പങ്കപ്പാട് ആണ്.

paadathe pani valiya pankappaadu aanu.

Work in the paddy field is great toil.

All Malayalam words for “suffering”

പങ്കപ്പാട് (pankappadu) is hardship and toil, കദനം (kadanam) grief and misery, ദണ്ണം (dannam), ദീനം (deenam) and അസുഖമുള്ള (asukhamulla) tie suffering to illness, മുരച്ചല്‍ (murachal) to weariness and harassment, and നരകയാതന (narakayaathana) is hellish torment.

Common questions

How do you say suffering in Malayalam?

പങ്കപ്പാട് (pankappadu) covers suffering and hardship.

Which word fits suffering from disease?

ദീനം (deenam) names illness and the suffering it brings.