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ruffian meaning in Malayalam

തെമ്മാടി

/ˈɹʌfi.ən/

ruffian in Malayalam: തെമ്മാടി, ദുഷ്ടൻ, വിഷകൃമി, പോക്കിരി. In English, ruffian means a scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.

Malayalam words for ruffian

lout, thug, hooligan
തെമ്മാടി, ദുഷ്ടൻ, വിഷകൃമി, പോക്കിരി, തിമിരൻ, ഘാതകൻ

English meaning of ruffian

  1. noun A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
  2. noun A pimp; a pander.
  3. noun A lover; a paramour.
  4. verb To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult.

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Questions about ruffian in Malayalam

What is the meaning of ruffian in Malayalam?
Ruffian in Malayalam is തെമ്മാടി, ദുഷ്ടൻ, വിഷകൃമി, പോക്കിരി.
ruffian എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Ruffian: തെമ്മാടി, ദുഷ്ടൻ, വിഷകൃമി, പോക്കിരി.
What does ruffian mean in English?
Ruffian means a scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.

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Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: ruffian (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: ruffian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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