Loan in Malayalam
Bank talk in Kerala runs on വായ്പ (vaaypa), money borrowed and repaid with interest, and you will see it on every branch notice board. The first syllable is long, vaay-pa. To lend, the list gives വായ്പകൊടുക്കുക (vaaypakodukkuka).
Most common translation
Loan, money borrowed and to be repaid, credit taken from a bank.
ബാങ്കിൽ നിന്ന് വായ്പ എടുത്തു.
baankil ninnu vaaypa eduthu.
We took a loan from the bank.
All Malayalam words for “loan”
- വായ്പ (vaaypa) — Loan, money borrowed and to be repaid, credit taken from a bank.
- ഋണം (rinam) — Debt, liability, duty, responsibility, loan.
- കടം (kadam) — Debt, indebtedness, commitment, liability, loan, borrowing money.
- അഭിപ്രായങ്ങൾ (abhipraayangal) — Comments; remarks or opinions expressed about something, notes written under a post; views, opinions or what a person thinks about a matter. For scenery Malayalam says kaazhchakal, and for video views the English loan vyoos.
- പാർപ്പിടം (paarppidam) — Housing; dwellings or accommodation for people to live in; a house loan is bhavana vaaypa.
- മിസ് ചെയ്യുക (mis cheyyuka) — Missed, failed to catch, attend or notice something; also felt the absence of someone. Malayalam commonly uses this English loan, and says kittiyilla for missing a bus.
- വായ്പകൊടുക്കുക (vaaypakodukkuka) — Lend, give as a loan.
vaaypa suggests a formal loan from an institution, while കടം (kadam) is everyday borrowing and debt between people. ഋണം (rinam) is a literary word for debt and obligation.
Common questions
How do you say loan in Malayalam?
വായ്പ (vaaypa) is the word, as in a housing loan or a vehicle loan.
What is the difference between vaaypa and kadam?
വായ്പ (vaaypa) implies paperwork and a lender, while കടം (kadam) is what you owe a shop or a friend.