Agriculturist in Malayalam

A farmer or agriculturist is കര്‍ഷകന്‍ (karshakan) in Malayalam, the standard word in news, policy documents and daily speech. Government schemes for cultivators are all announced using it. Pronounce it kar-sha-kan.

Most common translation

കര്‍ഷകന്‍ (karshakan)

Cultivator, agriculturist, farmer.

കര്‍ഷകന്‍ പാടത്ത് നെല്ല് വിതച്ചു.

karshakan paadaththu nellu vithachu

The farmer sowed rice in the field.

All Malayalam words for “agriculturist”

കാര്‍ഷികന്‍ (kaarshikan) is a close variant with the same meaning but much rarer in circulation.

Common questions

How do you say agriculturist in Malayalam?

കര്‍ഷകന്‍ (karshakan), which equally means farmer and cultivator.

Is there a feminine form?

This entry gives the masculine form only; the list offers no separate word for a woman farmer.