Duty in Malayalam
Duty is കര്ത്തവ്യം (karthavyam), the obligation a person is bound to carry out. It carries moral weight and appears in speeches, oaths and editorials. Read it kar-tha-vyam, with the first r as a chillu.
Most common translation
Duty, obligation.
വീട്ടുജോലി ചെയ്യുന്നത് എന്റെ കര്ത്തവ്യം ആണ്.
veettujoli cheyyunnathu ente karthavyam aanu
Doing the housework is my duty.
All Malayalam words for “duty”
- കര്ത്തവ്യം (karthavyam) — Duty, obligation.
- ഗുണം (gunam) — Function, duty, quality, goodness, number of times, wick, string, thread, bow-string, strand, secondary function or duty, virtue, property (of a thing).
- ഋണം (rinam) — Debt, liability, duty, responsibility, loan.
- ധര്മ്മം (dharmmam) — Ethics, morality, duty, blessing, religion, property, function, nature, charity.
- ബാധ്യത (baadhyatha) — Debt, indebtedness, duty, liability.
- വൃത്തം (vritham) — Circle, news, history, gait, profession, occupation, custom, duty, rule, mode of poetic composition, (poet.) metre.
- അധികാരപ്പെടുത്തുക (adhikarappeduthuka) — Authorize, entrust, assign some duty.
- കാര്യബോധം (kaaryabodham) — Sense of duty or propriety.
- ചുമതല (chumathala) — Task. A piece of work given to someone; a duty or assignment.
- പാറാവ് (paaraav) — Guard duty, vigil, place of confinement, prison.
- പുരുഷാധികാരം (purushadhikaram) — Man's duty (moral and spiritual).
- രാജധര്മ്മം (raajadharmmam) — King's duty or obligation.
- സൈനികർ (sainikar) — Troops; soldiers, armed forces personnel sent on duty.
കര്ത്തവ്യം is duty as moral obligation, ചുമതല (chumathala) is a task or responsibility handed to someone, ബാധ്യത (baadhyatha) is liability, and ധര്മ്മം (dharmmam) is duty flowing from ethics and religion.
Common questions
How do you say duty in Malayalam?
കര്ത്തവ്യം (karthavyam) means duty or obligation.
Which word fits a duty assigned at work?
ചുമതല (chumathala), a task or responsibility given to a person.