Officer in Malayalam
An officer or official is ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ (udyogasthan) in Malayalam, the word for anyone holding a post in government or an organisation. An older spelling of the same word is listed as ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥന് (udyogasthan). For a village level officer the entry gives അധികാരി (adhikari).
Most common translation
Officer, official; a person holding a post in government or an organisation.
പോലീസ് ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ വീട്ടിൽ വന്നു.
poleesu udyogasthan veettil vannu.
The police officer came to the house.
All Malayalam words for “officer”
- ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ (udyogasthan) — Officer, official; a person holding a post in government or an organisation.
- ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥന് (udyogasthan) — Officer, official, employee.
- അധികാരി (adhikari) — Person in authority, boss, village officer.
- എക്സിക്യൂട്ടീവ് (eksikyoottiv) — Executive; a senior officer in a company or government; the English word is used in everyday Malayalam, while the formal term is nirvaahakan.
- കമാൻഡർ (kamaandar) — Commander, the officer in charge of a military force or unit.
- കാര്യക്കാര് (karyakkar) — Chief officer (in a palace or temple), manager.
- ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ (kyaaptan) — Captain, the leader of a team, the master of a ship or an army officer.
- സാർ (saar) — Sir, a respectful way of addressing a man, especially a teacher or an officer.
ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ is the general term, അധികാരി a person in authority such as a village officer, കമാൻഡർ a military commander, and ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ a captain.
Common questions
How do you say officer in Malayalam?
Say ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥൻ (udyogasthan).
How do you say a person in authority?
അധികാരി (adhikari).