Earning in Malayalam
Earning in the sense of what one acquires is തേട്ടം (thettam), from a verb meaning to seek. Pronounce it thet-tam with a doubled t. It has an old-fashioned ring and belongs more to proverbs and older writing than to a payslip.
Seeking, enquiring, searching, earning, acquisition.
ഒരു നല്ല ജോലിയാണ് അവന്റെ തേട്ടം.
oru nalla joliyaanu avante thettam.
A good job is what he is seeking.
All Malayalam words for “earning”
- തേട്ടം (thettam) — Seeking, enquiring, searching, earning, acquisition.
- അനുഭവക്കാരന് (anubhavakkaran) — Person having experience, person earning wages or profit.
- പൊറുതികേട് (poruthiked) — Disgust, annoyance, dissatisfaction, difficulty in earning a living, domestic quarrel or worry.
തേട്ടം (thettam) is the nearest noun for earnings here; അനുഭവക്കാരന് (anubhavakkaran) names a person who draws wages or profit, and പൊറുതികേട് (poruthiked) refers to the hardship of making a living rather than to earnings.
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for earning?
തേട്ടം (thettam), what has been sought and acquired; it sounds dated, and modern Malayalam usually speaks of income with other words.
Which word describes struggling to earn a living?
പൊറുതികേട്, which covers the difficulty of getting by along with the annoyance and worry that come with it.