Obligation in Malayalam
Obligation in the sense of being bound or indebted to someone is കടപ്പാട് (kadappadu) in Malayalam. Where a duty is meant, the entry offers കര്ത്തവ്യം (karthavyam). Both turn up in formal speech and writing.
Most common translation
Indebtedness, obligation.
അധ്യാപകനോട് എനിക്ക് വലിയ കടപ്പാട് ഉണ്ട്.
adhyaapakanodu enikku valiya kadappadu undu.
I have a great obligation to my teacher.
All Malayalam words for “obligation”
- കടപ്പാട് (kadappadu) — Indebtedness, obligation.
- കര്ത്തവ്യം (karthavyam) — Duty, obligation.
- നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu) — Must, is compulsory, cannot be left out; on a verb the obligation is shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, must go.
- രാജധര്മ്മം (raajadharmmam) — King's duty or obligation.
- വേണം (venam) — Want, to need, to wish for; Malayalam says enikku venam, I want; should, ought to, need to; on a verb the obligation is usually shown by the ending anam, as in pokanam, should go; needs, requires, must have; Malayalam says venam, it is needed; wants, needs, would like to have; in Malayalam the person wanting takes the dative and the thing wanted is the subject; needed, required, wanted; Malayalam says venam, it is needed, and inflects it for tense as venamayirunnu for was needed; wanna, want to; Malayalam says venam for wanting something, as in enikku chaaya venam, I want tea.
കടപ്പാട് is a felt indebtedness, കര്ത്തവ്യം a duty one is bound to perform, and നിർബന്ധമാണ് states that something is compulsory.
Common questions
How do you say obligation in Malayalam?
Say കടപ്പാട് (kadappadu).
How do you say it is compulsory?
Use നിർബന്ധമാണ് (nirbandhamaanu).