Trade in Malayalam
കച്ചവടം (kachavadam) is trade in the ordinary sense, buying and selling, and it covers a shop's business as well as a single deal. It is also used disapprovingly, for treating something as a mere business. Four light syllables, with the affricate at the front.
Trade, business, transaction, dealing.
അയാൾ പച്ചക്കറി കച്ചവടം ചെയ്യുന്നു.
ayal pachakkari kachavadam cheyyunnu.
He does vegetable business.
All Malayalam words for “trade”
- കച്ചവടം (kachavadam) — Trade, business, transaction, dealing.
- വാണിജ്യം (vaanijyam) — Trade, commerce.
- വാണിഭം (vaanibham) — Trade, commerce.
- വാര്ത്ത (vaartha) — News, report, hearsay, trade, daily, activity.
- വിക്രയം (vikrayam) — Sale, selling, trade, commerce.
- വില്പ്പന (vilppana) — Selling, sale, trade.
- വ്യാപാരം (vyaapaaram) — Activity, occupation, business, dealing, trade, commerce, gesture, action.
- ഫാഷൻ (fashan) — Fashion; the current style in clothes and appearance, a passing trend, the clothing trade.
- വാണിജ്യപരമായ (vaanijyaparamaaya) — Commercial, to do with trade or business, done for profit; as a noun it also means a radio or television advertisement.
- വ്യവസായം (vyavasayam) — Industry, a manufacturing business, a branch of trade or production.
- സമ്പദ്വ്യവസ്ഥ (sampadvyavastha) — Economy; the system of money, trade and production of a country or region.
- സാങ്കേതിക (saankethika) — Technical; to do with machines, tools or the special methods of a trade or science.
- സാമ്പത്തിക (saampatthika) — Economic, relating to money, trade and the economy.
വ്യാപാരം (vyaapaaram) and വാണിജ്യം (vaanijyam) are the formal words for trade and commerce, used in law and economics, while വില്പ്പന (vilppana) is specifically selling.
Common questions
How do you say trade in Malayalam?
കച്ചവടം (kachavadam) in everyday use; വാണിജ്യം (vaanijyam) or വ്യാപാരം (vyaapaaram) in formal writing.
Can the word be used as a criticism?
Yes. Saying that something has become കച്ചവടം (kachavadam) implies it is being run for profit alone.