Sit-in-strike in Malayalam
A sit-in strike is ധര്ണ്ണ (dharnna), a word Malayalam borrowed from Hindi along with the protest form itself. It means parking yourself in front of an office or gate and refusing to move until you are heard. Kerala newspapers use it constantly for protests outside secretariats and collectorates.
Sit-in-strike, a form of mass 'sathyagraha' by squatting (before an office, etc.).
ജീവനക്കാർ ഓഫീസിന് മുന്നിൽ ധർണ്ണ നടത്തി.
jeevanakkaar officinu munnil dharnna nadathi.
The employees held a sit-in in front of the office.
Dictionary entry
- ധര്ണ്ണ (dharnna) — Sit-in-strike, a form of mass 'sathyagraha' by squatting (before an office, etc.).
The word names the squatting protest specifically, not a walkout or a work stoppage, so it is not interchangeable with the general word for strike.
Common questions
How do you say sit-in strike in Malayalam?
ധര്ണ്ണ (dharnna), the squatting protest held in front of an office or official residence.
Is it a native Malayalam word?
No, it came in from north India with the protest tradition and is now fully at home in Malayalam political reporting.