Office in Malayalam
A place of work is കാര്യാലയം (kaaryaalayam) in Malayalam, the standard term on signboards and in official writing. In speech most people simply say ഓഫീസ് (ofees), the English loan. The older കച്ചേരി (kachery) once meant both an office and a court.
Most common translation
Office, bureau, secretariat.
അച്ഛന് രാവിലെ കാര്യാലയത്തില് പോയി.
achan raavile kaaryaalayathil poyi.
Father went to the office in the morning.
All Malayalam words for “office”
- കാര്യാലയം (kaaryaalayam) — Office, bureau, secretariat.
- കച്ചേരി (kachery) — Office, court, (music)concert.
- അധികാരങ്ങൾ (adhikaarangal) — Powers; the authority or rights held by a person, office or court; the sense of forces or abilities is shakthikal.
- ഏജൻസി (ejansi) — Agency; an office or firm that does business on behalf of others, also a government department.
- ഓഫീസ് (ofees) — Office. A place where clerical or business work is done.
- കൗണ്ടർ (kaundar) — Counter, the desk or table in a shop or office where payment is made or service is given.
- ജീവനക്കാർ (jeevanakkaar) — Staff, the employees of an office or institution.
- തസ്തിക (thasthika) — A post in the government or in an office.
- തുക്കിടി (thukkidi) — District, sub-division, sub- divisional office (r).
- ധര്ണ്ണ (dharnna) — Sit-in-strike, a form of mass 'sathyagraha' by squatting (before an office, etc.).
- നടത്തി (nadathi) — Managed; the past of nadathuka, to run or look after a shop, team or office; managed to do something is kazhinju.
- ഭാരവാഹി (bhaaravaahi) — Office bearer, responsible person, administrator.
- സെക്രട്ടറി (sekrattari) — Secretary, an office assistant who looks after letters and records; also the chief official of a club, party or department.
- സേവനങ്ങൾ (sevanangal) — Services, work or facilities provided to people, as by a bank, a hospital or an office.
കാര്യാലയം is the formal word, ഓഫീസ് the everyday spoken one, കച്ചേരി an older term that also means a court or a music concert, and കൗണ്ടർ the counter inside an office or shop.
Common questions
How do you say office in Malayalam?
Say കാര്യാലയം (kaaryaalayam), or ഓഫീസ് (ofees) in ordinary speech.
What is office staff called?
ജീവനക്കാർ (jeevanakkaar), the employees of an office or institution.