Timid in Malayalam
ഭീരു (bheeru) is the word for timid, easily frightened, and it edges toward cowardly when used of a person. Sanskrit by origin, it is common in writing and in a school report about a shy child. The long vowel comes first and the word ends short.
Most common translation
Cowardly, easily frightened, timid.
ഇരുട്ടിൽ അവൻ ഭീരു ആയി മാറി.
iruttil avan bheeru aayi maari.
In the dark he turned timid.
All Malayalam words for “timid”
- ഭീരു (bheeru) — Cowardly, easily frightened, timid.
- അധീര (adheera) — Not brave, timid, weak-minded.
- നിലകെട്ട (nilaketta) — Having lost one's position, deposed, impolite, fallen, timid, unsteady.
അധീര (adheera) is the literary adjective for not brave and appears mostly in compounds, while നിലകെട്ട (nilaketta) means fallen or deposed and touches timid only at the edge of its meaning.
Common questions
How do you say timid in Malayalam?
ഭീരു (bheeru), used of someone who frightens easily.
Is the word an insult?
It can sting, since it shades into coward; for someone merely shy, speakers choose gentler descriptions.