Virtue in Malayalam
നന്മ (nanma) is goodness and virtue, a plain Malayalam word with no Sanskrit weight on it. Say nan-ma. People use it of a person's good qualities and of the good that an act does.
Most common translation
Virtue, goodness, welfare, prosperity, benefit, good.
എപ്പോഴും മറ്റുള്ളവർക്ക് നന്മ ചെയ്യണം.
eppozhum mattullavarkku nanma cheyyanam
One should always do good to others.
All Malayalam words for “virtue”
- നന്മ (nanma) — Virtue, goodness, welfare, prosperity, benefit, good.
- ഗുണം (gunam) — Function, duty, quality, goodness, number of times, wick, string, thread, bow-string, strand, secondary function or duty, virtue, property (of a thing).
- ശ്രേയസ്സ് (shreyass) — Prosperity, betterment, fame, virtue, auspicious result.
- ഗുണവചനം (gunavachanam) — A word that qualifies, a word about some virtue.
- ധര്മ്മയുദ്ധം (dharmmayuddham) — A war adhering strictly to martial and moral laws, a war for upholding virtue and morality, a moral war.
ഗുണം (gunam) is quality in general, good or bad, and needs context to mean virtue, while ശ്രേയസ്സ് (shreyass) tilts towards welfare and auspicious benefit.
Common questions
How do you say virtue in Malayalam?
Virtue is നന്മ (nanma).
Which word fits virtue as a quality of character?
ഗുണം (gunam), which names a quality or attribute and means virtue when the context is moral.