Weeping in Malayalam

Weeping as a noun is കരച്ചിൽ (karachil), the act of shedding tears. Say karachil with a rolled r and the stress on the first syllable. It is what you hear in reports of a house in mourning or a child's crying in the next room.

Most common translation

കരച്ചിൽ (karachil)

Crying, weeping, the act of shedding tears.

കുഞ്ഞിന്റെ കരച്ചിൽ കേട്ട് അമ്മ വന്നു.

kunjinte karachil kettu amma vannu.

Hearing the baby's crying, mother came.

All Malayalam words for “weeping”

പ്രലാപം (pralapam) pairs weeping with delirious talk and raving, അലമുറ (alamura) is loud wailing, and അനുരോദനം (anurodanam) is the narrow sense of weeping along with someone in sympathy.

Common questions

How do you say weeping in Malayalam?

Weeping is കരച്ചിൽ (karachil).

What word describes loud wailing?

അലമുറ (alamura), which is weeping aloud, the open lamentation heard at a death.