Tragedy in Malayalam
ദുരന്തം (durantham) is tragedy, built from the prefix for bad and the word for end, so it is literally a bad ending. Newspapers use it for disasters and accidents, and critics use it for the dramatic genre. Three syllables, with the nasal before the final one.
Most common translation
Tragedy, calamity, tragic end, disaster.
ആ അപകടം വലിയ ദുരന്തമായിരുന്നു.
aa apakadam valiya duranthamaayirunnu.
That accident was a great tragedy.
Dictionary entry
- ദുരന്തം (durantham) — Tragedy, calamity, tragic end, disaster.
The word carries real weight, so it belongs to deaths and catastrophes rather than to small misfortunes.
Common questions
How do you say tragedy in Malayalam?
ദുരന്തം (durantham), used for a disaster, a tragic end and the literary genre alike.
What does the word break down into?
The prefix for bad plus the noun for end, which is why it suits both a catastrophe and a tragic plot.