Torments in Malayalam
നരകയാതന (narakayaathana) is torment on the grand scale, literally the suffering of hell, and Malayalam applies it to any ordeal that feels endless. A long bus journey in the heat earns the word easily enough. The long vowel in the middle gives it its drawn out shape.
Most common translation
Hellish suffering, torments of hell.
ചൂടില് യാത്ര നരകയാതനയായി.
choodil yaathra narakayaathanayaayi.
The journey in the heat became a hellish ordeal.
All Malayalam words for “torments”
- നരകയാതന (narakayaathana) — Hellish suffering, torments of hell.
- നരകിക്കുക (narakikkuka) — Be subjected to hellish torments, suffer terrible affliction.
നരകിക്കുക (narakikkuka) is the matching verb, to go through such torments, so the pair gives you both the noun and the action.
Common questions
How do you say torments in Malayalam?
നരകയാതന (narakayaathana), the suffering of hell, used for severe torment of any kind.
Is the word only religious?
No. It began with the torments of hell but is used freely, and often half jokingly, for everyday misery.