Debt in Malayalam
Everyday Malayalam says കടം (kadam) for debt, the money you owe and must repay. It covers borrowing from a bank and from a neighbour equally. The word is as common in conversation as in accounts.
Most common translation
Debt, indebtedness, commitment, liability, loan, borrowing money.
ചെറിയ കടം ഞാൻ ഇന്ന് തീർത്തു.
cheriya kadam njaan innu theerthu
I cleared the small debt today.
All Malayalam words for “debt”
- കടം (kadam) — Debt, indebtedness, commitment, liability, loan, borrowing money.
- ഋണം (rinam) — Debt, liability, duty, responsibility, loan.
- ബാധ്യത (baadhyatha) — Debt, indebtedness, duty, liability.
- കുടിക്കടം (kudikkadam) — Family debt, debt incurred by hut-dwellers.
- വീട്ടുക (veettuka) — Repay a debt, return (a service, etc.), end a penance or vow, revenge.
rinam is the formal and literary term, which also carries the sense of a moral duty, while baadhyatha stresses liability, kudikkadam is a household debt and veettuka the verb to repay.
Common questions
How do you say debt in Malayalam?
Use കടം (kadam) for debt.
How do you say to repay a debt?
The verb is വീട്ടുക (veettuka), to repay or settle.