Occupation in Malayalam
One line of work is ഉദ്യോഗം (udyogam) in Malayalam, used especially of salaried and government employment. Less formal is പണി (pani), work or a job of work, and for trade there is വ്യാപാരം (vyaapaaram). The bookish option ഉപജീവകം (upajeevakam) means livelihood.
Most common translation
Interest, zeal, effort, occupation, work, government service.
അവന് ബാങ്കിൽ ഉദ്യോഗം കിട്ടി.
avanu baankil udyogam kitti.
He got a job in the bank.
All Malayalam words for “occupation”
- ഉദ്യോഗം (udyogam) — Interest, zeal, effort, occupation, work, government service.
- ഉപജീവകം (upajeevakam) — Vocation, occupation, livelihood.
- വ്യാപാരം (vyaapaaram) — Activity, occupation, business, dealing, trade, commerce, gesture, action.
- പണി (pani) — Work, service, occupation, means, difficulty.
- വൃത്തം (vritham) — Circle, news, history, gait, profession, occupation, custom, duty, rule, mode of poetic composition, (poet.) metre.
- പ്രൊഫഷണൽ (prophashanal) — Professional, belonging to a trained occupation; done to a trained standard; pro, a professional, somebody who does something for a living or with expert skill.
- ശാന്തി (shaanthi) — Peace, calmness, tranquility, relief, redemption from worldly things, atonement, worshipping of god (priest's occupation).
ഉദ്യോഗം is a post or employment, പണി manual or everyday work, വ്യാപാരം business and trade, and ഉപജീവകം a vocation that provides a living.
Common questions
How do you say occupation in Malayalam?
Say ഉദ്യോഗം (udyogam).
What is the plain word for work?
പണി (pani).