Cash in Malayalam
Money you can hand over on the spot is പണം (panam), which doubles as the general word for money in Malayalam. Say it pa-nam, both vowels short and the stress almost flat. Shopkeepers use it constantly, as in asking whether you will pay by card or in panam.
Cash, money in notes and coins, ready money; money, cash, the coins and notes used to pay for things.
എന്റെ കൈയിൽ പണം ഇല്ല.
ente kaiyil panam illa
I have no cash with me.
All Malayalam words for “cash”
- പണം (panam) — Cash, money in notes and coins, ready money; money, cash, the coins and notes used to pay for things.
- കൈമുതല് (kaimuthal) — Cash in hand, ready money, investment.
- മുന്നിരിപ്പ് (munniripp) — Previous balance in hand, cash in hand.
- രൊക്കം (rokkam) — Ready cash.
- വരെ (vare) — Until, up to, till (used as a postposition after the word it governs); till; up to a given time or point, until; the English word also means to plough land and the cash drawer in a shop.
പണം (panam) is the plain everyday choice, while രൊക്കം (rokkam) means ready cash in particular and കൈമുതല് (kaimuthal) and മുന്നിരിപ്പ് (munniripp) are account-keeping words for cash in hand. വരെ (vare) belongs to a quite different sense and simply means up to or until.
Common questions
How do you say cash in Malayalam?
Use പണം (panam), the word for both cash and money.
Is there a word for paying in cash rather than on credit?
Yes, രൊക്കം (rokkam) means ready cash and is used when the payment is immediate.