Borrower in Malayalam

A borrower is കടംവാങ്ങിയവന്‍ (kadamvaangiyavan) in Malayalam, literally the one who took a loan. It is a compound of the word for debt and a past form meaning the person who received, and runs ka-dam-vaan-gi-ya-van.

Most common translation

കടംവാങ്ങിയവന്‍ (kadamvaangiyavan)

Borrower, debtor.

കടംവാങ്ങിയവന്‍ പണം ഇന്ന് തിരിച്ചുനൽകി.

kadamvaangiyavan panam innu thirichunalki.

The borrower returned the money today.

Dictionary entry

കടംവാങ്ങിയവന്‍ (kadamvaangiyavan) is descriptive rather than a fixed legal term, and its masculine -an ending strictly names a male borrower; banking documents tend to use longer formal phrases.

Common questions

How do you say borrower in Malayalam?

കടംവാങ്ങിയവന്‍ (kadamvaangiyavan), the person who has borrowed or taken on a debt.

Is it used in everyday speech?

Rarely as a label; people are more likely to say that someone took a loan, using the verb, than to call them a borrower.