Authority in Malayalam

അധികാരം (adhikaram) covers authority and power, the right to decide and to command, and it is as common in politics as in family talk. Say a-dhi-kaa-ram. Related words name the person who holds it and the limits within which it runs.

Most common translation

അധികാരം (adhikaram)

Power authority, responsibility, title, claim, chapter, department, paragraph.

ഈ തീരുമാനം എടുക്കാന്‍ എനിക്ക് അധികാരമില്ല.

ee theerumanam edukkan enikku adhikaramilla.

I have no authority to make this decision.

All Malayalam words for “authority”

അധികാരം is authority as power, ആധികാരികത (aadhikarikatha) is authoritativeness in the sense of reliability, അധികാരി (adhikari) is the person in authority, and അധികാരപരിധി (adhikaraparidhi) is the limit of that authority, jurisdiction.

Common questions

How do you say authority in Malayalam?

അധികാരം (adhikaram).

What do you call a person in authority?

അധികാരി (adhikari), an officer or boss.