defamation in Malay
fitnah
/ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən/
defamation in Malay: fitnah. In English, defamation means the act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
Malay words for defamation
- act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication
- fitnah
English meaning of defamation
- noun The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
defamation in a sentence
- She sued his ex-boyfriend for defamation and is seeking $14,000.
Synonyms of defamation
defamation in other languages
- defamation in Hindi
- defamation in Tamil
- defamation in Marathi
- defamation in Urdu
- defamation in Bengali
- defamation in Malayalam
- defamation in Kannada
- defamation in Punjabi
- defamation in Gujarati
- defamation in Odia
- defamation in Sanskrit
- defamation in Nepali
- defamation in Arabic
- defamation in Indonesian
- defamation in Persian
- defamation in Thai
Questions about defamation in Malay
- What is the meaning of defamation in Malay?
- Defamation in Malay is fitnah.
- Apakah maksud defamation dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Defamation: fitnah.
- What does defamation mean in English?
- Defamation means the act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: defamation (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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