Unwillingness in Malayalam
വൈമനസ്യം (vaimanasyam) is unwillingness, built from the word for mind, so the sense is a mind set against something. It is the formal noun, at home in official notes and reported speech. The opening sound is pronounced as a single glide.
Most common translation
Unwillingness, reluctance.
സഹായിക്കാൻ അയാൾക്ക് വൈമനസ്യം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
sahaayikkaan ayaalkku vaimanasyam undaayirunnu.
He had a reluctance to help.
All Malayalam words for “unwillingness”
- വൈമനസ്യം (vaimanasyam) — Unwillingness, reluctance.
- മനസ്സില്ലായ്മ (manasillayma) — Reluctance, unwillingness.
മനസ്സില്ലായ്മ (manasillayma) says the same thing in plainer words, having no mind for it, and that is what conversation uses.
Common questions
How do you say unwillingness in Malayalam?
Unwillingness is വൈമനസ്യം (vaimanasyam).
What is the difference between vaimanasyam and manasillayma?
The first is formal and Sanskritic, the second is built with the native suffix for absence, so മനസ്സില്ലായ്മ (manasillayma) sounds more natural in speech.