Affairs in Malayalam
The plural you want for affairs, the matters that need looking after, is കാര്യങ്ങൾ (kaaryangal). It serves for private business and public business alike and is extremely common in ordinary speech.
Most common translation
Affairs, matters or business to be looked after, both private and public; matters; affairs, issues, things that need attention.
വീട്ടുകാര്യങ്ങൾ അമ്മ നോക്കുന്നു.
veettukaaryangal amma nokkunnu.
Mother looks after the household affairs.
All Malayalam words for “affairs”
- കാര്യങ്ങൾ (kaaryangal) — Affairs, matters or business to be looked after, both private and public; matters; affairs, issues, things that need attention.
- അടുക്കളക്കാര്യം (adukkalakkaryam) — Household matter, matter pert, to kitchen, internal affair, domestic affairs.
- ആഭ്യന്തരവകുപ്പ് (aabhyantharavakupp) — Department of home affairs or internal affairs.
- ഏറ്റുപിടിക്കുക (eattupidikkuka) — Stand or plead for the opponents or adversaries, poke one's nose into others' affairs.
- ഐഹികവ്യാപാരം (aihikavyaapaaram) — Worldly activities, worldly affairs.
- നാട്ടുകാര്യം (nattukarayam) — Public affairs.
- പരമകാര്യം (paramakaaryam) — Affairs of God, divine affairs.
- രാഷ്ട്രീയം (raashtreeyam) — Politics, political affairs.
- ലോകകാര്യം (lokakaaryam) — Worldly affairs.
- ലോഹ്യം (lohyam) — Pleasantries, customary affairs, local affairs, friendly talk.
- സ്ഥിതി (sthithi) — Situation, condition, the state of affairs.
കാര്യങ്ങൾ is the general word; രാഷ്ട്രീയം is political affairs, നാട്ടുകാര്യം public affairs, and അടുക്കളക്കാര്യം domestic ones.
Common questions
How do you say affairs in Malayalam?
കാര്യങ്ങൾ (kaaryangal).
Does it mean a romantic affair too?
No. കാര്യങ്ങൾ is matters or business; that sense of affair is not part of this word.