Teacher in Malayalam
അധ്യാപകൻ (adhyaapakan) is the standard word for a male teacher in a school or college, the form used in official writing and on appointment orders. In class nobody uses it: pupils address a male teacher as സാർ (saar).
Teacher. A person who teaches in a school or college; instructor.
അധ്യാപകൻ പാഠം പഠിപ്പിച്ചു.
adhyaapakan paadam padippichu.
The teacher taught the lesson.
All Malayalam words for “teacher”
- അധ്യാപകൻ (adhyaapakan) — Teacher. A person who teaches in a school or college; instructor.
- അദ്ധ്യാപകന് (adhyapakan) — Teacher, instructor, man teacher.
- ആചാര്യന് (aacharyan) — Teacher, master, preceptor, guru.
- വാത്തി (vaathi) — Teacher, barber.
- ഗുരുനാഥന് (gurunaathan) — Respected preceptor or teacher.
- പ്രൊഫസർ (prophasar) — Professor; a senior teacher in a college or university.
- സാർ (saar) — Sir, a respectful way of addressing a man, especially a teacher or an officer.
അദ്ധ്യാപകന് (adhyapakan) is the same word in a shorter spelling. ആചാര്യന് (aacharyan) and ഗുരുനാഥന് (gurunaathan) carry reverence for a master or guru, and വാത്തി (vaathi) is dialectal, where it can also mean barber.
Common questions
How do you say teacher in Malayalam?
അധ്യാപകൻ (adhyaapakan) for a male teacher; the word is masculine and the feminine form ends differently.
How do you address a teacher in Kerala?
With സാർ (saar) for a man; a woman teacher is addressed with the English word teacher, which has become fully Malayalam.