Livelihood in Malayalam
Livelihood is പിഴപ്പ് (pizhappu) in Malayalam, what a person lives on from day to day. Fishing, tailoring or a small shop can all be somebody's pizhappu. The final u is barely sounded.
Most common translation
Livelihood, living, subsistence.
കൃഷിയാണ് അവന്റെ പിഴപ്പ്.
krishiyaanu avante pizhappu.
Farming is his livelihood.
All Malayalam words for “livelihood”
- പിഴപ്പ് (pizhappu) — Livelihood, living, subsistence.
- അഷ്ടി (ashti) — Food, livelihood.
- ജീവിതം (jeevitham) — Span of life, livelihood, existence.
- ഉപജീവകം (upajeevakam) — Vocation, occupation, livelihood.
- പിഴ (pizha) — Slip, oversight, error, injustice, livelihood, atonement, prostitution, adultery, fine.
- ദാരിദ്ര്യം (daaridryam) — Poverty, penury, scarcity, lack of means of livelihood.
പിഴപ്പ് (pizhappu) is the means of getting by, ഉപജീവകം (upajeevakam) a formal word for the occupation that supports you, and ജീവിതം (jeevitham) life itself, livelihood only by extension.
Common questions
How do you say livelihood in Malayalam?
പിഴപ്പ് (pizhappu), livelihood or subsistence.
Which word names the losing of it?
ദാരിദ്ര്യം (daaridryam), poverty and the lack of any means of livelihood.