Untouchability in Malayalam
അയിത്തം (ayitham) is the Malayalam word for untouchability, the caste practice of ritual pollution, and for historical reasons it is a heavy word in Kerala. It also covers ritual pollution more broadly. Three short syllables, with no stretched vowel.
Most common translation
Untouchability, pollution.
അയിത്തം ഇന്ന് നിയമപ്രകാരം കുറ്റമാണ്.
ayitham innu niyamaprakaaram kuttamaanu.
Untouchability is a crime under the law today.
All Malayalam words for “untouchability”
- അയിത്തം (ayitham) — Untouchability, pollution.
- അയിത്തോച്ചാടനം (ayithochadanam) — Eradication of untouchability.
അയിത്തോച്ചാടനം (ayithochadanam) names the drive to wipe out the practice, a term from the reform period of the last century.
Common questions
How do you say untouchability in Malayalam?
Untouchability is അയിത്തം (ayitham).
What is the eradication of untouchability called?
അയിത്തോച്ചാടനം (ayithochadanam), the word used for the campaigns that broke the practice in Kerala.