Charge in Malayalam

The fee you pay is a ചാർജ് (chaarju) in Malayalam, borrowed straight from English and written in Malayalam letters. It carries the electrical sense too, so a phone battery takes chaarju. Pronounce it chaar-ju, with a long first vowel.

Most common translation

ചാർജ് (chaarju)

Charge, a fee or cost to be paid; also the electric charge in a battery.

ഓട്ടോ ചാർജ് കൂടി.

otto chaarju koodi.

The auto rickshaw charge has gone up.

All Malayalam words for “charge”

ചാർജ് (chaarju) covers a fee and an electric charge, while നിരക്ക് (nirakku) is the fixed rate or tariff. For a legal charge there is കുറ്റപത്രം (kuttapathram), a charge sheet, and ചുമത്തല്‍ (chumathal) is the laying of a charge or burden on someone. അധികാരികൾ (adhikaarikal), കമാൻഡർ (kamaandar) and നേതാക്കൾ (nethaakkal) all name people in charge, and തപാല്‍ക്കൂലി (thapaalkkooli) is specifically postage.

Common questions

How do you say charge in Malayalam?

Say ചാർജ് (chaarju), used for a fee and for an electric charge.

What word fits a charge in a criminal case?

The charge sheet is a കുറ്റപത്രം (kuttapathram), and ചുമത്തല്‍ (chumathal) describes the act of laying a charge on someone.