Vow in Malayalam
വ്രതം (vratham) is the religious vow, the fast or observance taken on for a set time. Say vra-tham. People keep one before a temple festival or a pilgrimage.
Most common translation
Oath, vow, penance, continence, fasting.
അമ്മ തിങ്കളാഴ്ച വ്രതം എടുക്കുന്നു.
amma thinkalaazhcha vratham edukkunnu
Mother keeps a fast on Mondays.
All Malayalam words for “vow”
- വ്രതം (vratham) — Oath, vow, penance, continence, fasting.
- നൊയമ്പ് (noyambu) — Fast, vow.
- ശപഥം (shapatham) — Oath, vow, adjuration, swearing, solemn promise.
- ഉപഗമനം (upagamanam) — Approaching, acquaintance, achievement, attainment, vow, sexual intercourse.
- നേരുക (neruka) — Make a vow, offer to a deity.
- മൗനം (mounam) — The state of an ascetic 'muni', silence, religious vow of keeping strict silence.
- വീട്ടുക (veettuka) — Repay a debt, return (a service, etc.), end a penance or vow, revenge.
ശപഥം (shapatham) is the sworn oath or solemn promise between people, and നൊയമ്പ് (noyambu) is specifically a fast, used by Christians in Kerala for Lent as well.
Common questions
How do you say vow in Malayalam?
A religious vow is വ്രതം (vratham), and a sworn promise is ശപഥം (shapatham).
How do you say to make a vow to a deity?
നേരുക (neruka) is the verb for vowing an offering to a god, the promise made in return for a favour.