Money in Malayalam
Money is പണം (panam), the word for cash in notes and coins. It is the everyday term in shops, buses and homes alike, with a short first vowel and a lightly closed final m. Almost anything said about having or lacking money is built around it.
Most common translation
Cash, money in notes and coins, ready money; money, cash, the coins and notes used to pay for things.
എന്റെ കൈയിൽ പണം ഇല്ല.
ente kaiyil panam illa
I have no cash with me.
All Malayalam words for “money”
- പണം (panam) — Cash, money in notes and coins, ready money; money, cash, the coins and notes used to pay for things.
- പണ്ടം (pandam) — Jewellery, eatables, money, goods, bowels.
- അക്കൗണ്ട് (akkaunt) — Account, a bank or online account in a person's name; a record of money is also called kanakku.
- അച്ചാരം (acharam) — Earnest money, advance, security.
- അടയ്ക്കുക (adaykkuka) — To pay, to settle a bill or a fee, to hand over money; paid, gave the money due, settled a bill or fee; listed here as the verb to pay; shut; to close a door, window or lid, to close a shop for the day.
- അടയ്ക്കുന്നു (adaykkunnu) — Paying; giving the money that is due, as a fee, bill or rent; kodukkuka, to give, is also used.
- അടിക്കുക (adikkuka) — Beat, hit, knock down, clap, sweep, print, throb, mint money.
- ഒടുക്കുക (odukkuka) — Remit (money, etc.).
- കടം (kadam) — Debt, indebtedness, commitment, liability, loan, borrowing money.
- കണക്കുകൾ (kanakkukal) — Accounts; financial records, reckonings of money received and spent. A bank or online account is called akkaundu.
- കമ്മീഷൻ (kammeeshan) — Commission, the share of money paid to an agent for a deal; also an official body appointed to look into something.
- കെട്ടുക (kettuka) — Tie, marry, get built, remit (money).
- കൈമുതല് (kaimuthal) — Cash in hand, ready money, investment.
- ചെലവാക്കി (chelavaakki) — Spent, used up, of money or time; the past form of chelavaakkuka, to spend.
- ചെലവുകൾ (chelavukal) — Expenses, the money spent on things, costs that have to be met; costs, expenses, the money that has to be spent; the plural of chelavu.
- ചെലവ് (chelavu) — Spending; the using up of money, expenditure, expense.
- ജീവനാംശം (jeevanamsham) — Money granted for living alimony.
- തുക (thuka) — Amount, a sum of money, the total that is to be paid or spent; sum, a total amount, an amount of money.
- ധനനഷ്ടം (dhananashtam) — Loss of money.
- നഷ്ടം (nashtam) — Loss, money or value lost, damage, the harm of losing something.
- നികുതികൾ (nikuthikal) — Taxes. Money that people and businesses must pay to the government.
- നിരക്ക് (nirakku) — Rate, the fixed price or charge, the level at which something is set; charges; the money asked for a service, rates or fees; accusations in a case are kuttaropanangal.
- പണക്കാരൻ (panakkaran) — Rich, wealthy; a person who has a lot of money.
- പണക്കിഴി (panakkizhi) — Purse, money bag, money tied in a piece of cloth or bag, prize in the form of money.
- പണപ്പെട്ടി (panapetti) — Money - box, a safe, (idm.) one who has amassed a lot of money.
- പണമടവ് (panamadavu) — Payment. The act of paying money; the amount paid or an instalment.
- പേഴ്സ് (persu) — Wallet. A small folding case for carrying money and cards; purse.
- ഫണ്ട് (fandu) — Fund; money set aside or collected for a purpose, a store of money; funds; money set apart or available for a purpose; panam is money in general and dhanasahaayam is aid money.
- ഫീസ് (fees) — Fee, the money paid for a service, such as school or doctor's charges.
- ബജറ്റ് (bajattu) — Budget, a plan of money coming in and going out; also the yearly financial statement of a government.
- ബാങ്കുകൾ (baankukal) — Banks; institutions that keep money and give loans; the sides of a river are called kara.
- ബാങ്ക് (baanku) — Bank. A place that keeps and lends money.
- ബിൽ (bil) — Bill, an invoice, a written statement of money to be paid.
- മുതലാളി (muthalaali) — Capitalist, one who invests money in business, owner, proprietor, master, boss.
- മുതലിക്കുക (muthalikuka) — Collect money or capital, begin.
- മുതല്മുടക്കുക (muthalmudakkuka) — Invest money in business.
- മുന്പണം (munpanam) — Advance, earnest money.
- വസൂല് (vasool) — Acquisition, money received or collected.
- വാങ്ങുക (vaanguka) — Purchase; to buy something for money, to acquire by paying; the noun sense is vaangal, a buying.
- വായ്പ (vaaypa) — Loan, money borrowed and to be repaid, credit taken from a bank.
- വിഭവങ്ങൾ (vibhavangal) — Resources; the supplies, money or materials available for use, natural wealth.
- വിറ്റു (vittu) — Sold, the past form of vilkkuka, to sell; given away in exchange for money.
- വില കുറഞ്ഞ (vila kuranja) — Cheap, inexpensive; costing little money.
- വില കൂടിയ (vila koodiya) — Expensive, costly; costing a lot of money.
- വിലകൂടിയ (vilakoodiya) — Expensive; costing a lot of money, dear, high in price.
- വിലകൾ (vilakal) — Prices; the amounts of money asked for goods, rates charged for things.
- വിൽക്കുക (vilkkuka) — To sell, to give something for money.
- സമ്പദ്വ്യവസ്ഥ (sampadvyavastha) — Economy; the system of money, trade and production of a country or region.
- സമ്പാദിക്കുക (sambaadikkuka) — Earn, make money, save money.
- സാമ്പത്തിക (saampatthika) — Economic, relating to money, trade and the economy.
- സ്വരൂപിക്കുക (swaroopikkuka) — Collect, earn, save (money), heap.
പണം (panam) is money itself and പണക്കാരൻ (panakkaran) a rich man, while പണ്ടം (pandam) leans towards goods and jewellery and നഷ്ടം (nashtam) is money lost rather than money held.
Common questions
How do you say money in Malayalam?
Money is പണം (panam), used for cash of any amount.
What do you call a wallet?
പേഴ്സ് (persu), borrowed from English purse, is the usual word for a wallet that holds money and cards.