Tax in Malayalam

നികുതി (nikuthi) is the modern word for tax and revenue, the one printed on bills and used in budget reporting. Income tax is ആദായനികുതി (aadaayanikuthi) and land tax ഭൂനികുതി (bhoonikuthi), both built on it.

Most common translation

നികുതി (nikuthi)

Revenue, tax.

ഈ മാസം നികുതി അടയ്ക്കണം.

ee maasam nikuthi adaykkanam.

The tax must be paid this month.

All Malayalam words for “tax”

കരം (karam) is an older word for tax that survives mainly in land and property contexts, and ഇറ (ira) is here by accident, since its ordinary meaning is the eaves of a roof.

Common questions

How do you say tax in Malayalam?

നികുതി (nikuthi).

How do you say to impose a tax?

നികുതി ചുമത്തുക (nikuthi chumathuka), the noun for tax plus the verb for loading something onto somebody.