Tolerance in Malayalam
സഹിഷ്ണുത (sahishnutha) is tolerance, the capacity to put up with what you do not like, and it is the word in every debate about religious tolerance. It comes from the root for enduring. Four syllables, with the sibilant cluster in the middle.
Tolerance, the power to endure.
കുട്ടികളോട് സഹിഷ്ണുതയോടെ പെരുമാറണം.
kuttikalodu sahishnuthayode perumaranam.
One should behave with tolerance towards children.
All Malayalam words for “tolerance”
- സഹിഷ്ണുത (sahishnutha) — Tolerance, the power to endure.
- സഹനശക്തി (sahanashakthi) — Patience, tolerance, endurance.
സഹനശക്തി (sahanashakthi) is the strength to bear suffering, closer to endurance or patience, so it fits a person's stamina rather than a social attitude.
Common questions
How do you say tolerance in Malayalam?
സഹിഷ്ണുത (sahishnutha), the usual term in writing about religious and political tolerance.
Which word would a doctor use for drug tolerance?
Medical writing borrows സഹിഷ്ണുത (sahishnutha) for that too, since it is the general noun for the ability to endure.