Rank in Malayalam

Rank in the sense of a post or standing is പദവി (padavi), the word for rank, office and status, used of officers, clergy and civil servants. Three short beats with a retroflex d. Promotion orders and news reports both use it.

Most common translation

പദവി (padavi)

Rank, status, station, way, right (claim), foot print.

അവന് ജോലിയില്‍ ഉയര്‍ന്ന പദവി ലഭിച്ചു.

avanu joliyil uyarnna padavi labhichu.

He got a high position at work.

All Malayalam words for “rank”

സ്ഥാനം (sthaanam) is the close partner, place or position, and ഗ്രേഡ് (gredu) is the borrowed grade; ജാതി (jaathi) means caste and only brushes rank, while തരംതാഴ്ത്തുക (tharamthaazhthuka) and താഴ്ത്തുക (thaazhthuka) are the verbs for demoting.

Common questions

How do you say rank in Malayalam?

പദവി (padavi) for rank as a post or standing.

How do you say he was demoted?

Use തരംതാഴ്ത്തുക (tharamthaazhthuka) or താഴ്ത്തുക (thaazhthuka), both meaning to lower someone in rank.