Trader in Malayalam

കച്ചവടക്കാരന്‍ (kachavadakkaran) is the trader or dealer, formed from the word for trade plus the ending that makes a doer of it. It is the everyday word for a shopkeeper or businessman. The doubled k before the final syllable is the join between the two parts.

Most common translation

കച്ചവടക്കാരന്‍ (kachavadakkaran)

Merchant, businessman, trader, dealer.

ചന്തയിലെ കച്ചവടക്കാരന്‍ നല്ല മനുഷ്യനാണ്.

chanthayile kachavadakkaran nalla manushyanaan.

The trader at the market is a good man.

All Malayalam words for “trader”

വാണിജന്‍ (vaanijan) is the literary Sanskrit word for a merchant, and ഡീലർ (deelar) is the English dealer, used for authorised sellers of vehicles and machinery.

Common questions

How do you say trader in Malayalam?

കച്ചവടക്കാരന്‍ (kachavadakkaran), the doer form built on the word for trade.

Is there a feminine form?

Yes. Malayalam swaps the masculine ending for the feminine one, leaving the trade part of the word unchanged.