Carpenter in Malayalam
A carpenter is an ആശാരി (aashaari) in Malayalam. The word is in daily use for skilled craftsmen in wood, and in places it stretches to masons and artisans generally. Say it aa-shaa-ri.
Most common translation
Carpenter, mason, artisan.
ആശാരി പുതിയ വാതിൽ പണിതു.
ashari puthiya vathil panithu.
The carpenter made a new door.
All Malayalam words for “carpenter”
- ആശാരി (aashaari) — Carpenter, mason, artisan.
- തച്ചന് (thachan) — Carpenter.
- ശില്പി (shilpi) — Maker, craftsman, expert in handicraft, architect, carpenter.
തച്ചന് is the older and narrower word for a carpenter and survives in names and traditional contexts, while ശില്പി means a sculptor or craftsman and only sometimes a carpenter.
Common questions
How do you say carpenter in Malayalam?
ആശാരി (aashaari) is the everyday word for a carpenter.
Is thachan still used?
തച്ചന് (thachan) is understood and appears in traditional and literary contexts, but ആശാരി is what you hear when someone hires a carpenter today.