Cultivator in Malayalam
Newspapers, farm schemes and political speeches all call a cultivator കര്ഷകന് (karshakan), and it is a respectful term. The ending -an marks a male, and speakers change it when they mean a woman. Say kar-sha-kan.
Most common translation
Cultivator, agriculturist, farmer.
കര്ഷകന് പാടത്ത് നെല്ല് വിതച്ചു.
karshakan paadaththu nellu vithachu
The farmer sowed rice in the field.
All Malayalam words for “cultivator”
- കര്ഷകന് (karshakan) — Cultivator, agriculturist, farmer.
- കർഷകൻ (karshakan) — Farmer. A person who grows crops or raises animals; cultivator.
കര്ഷകന് (karshakan) covers the cultivator, the agriculturist and the farmer without distinction, so it applies to a smallholder with a few cents of land and to a large grower alike.
Common questions
How do you say cultivator in Malayalam?
Say കര്ഷകന് (karshakan), the standard word for a farmer or cultivator.
Is it used for the machine called a cultivator?
No. This word names a person; farm machinery in Kerala is usually referred to by its English name.