Vocation in Malayalam

Vocation is ഉപജീവകം (upajeevakam) in Malayalam, the occupation by which one lives. It points to the livelihood rather than to a calling in the religious sense. Say u-pa-jee-va-kam.

Most common translation

ഉപജീവകം (upajeevakam)

Vocation, occupation, livelihood.

മീൻപിടിത്തം അവരുടെ ഉപജീവകം ആണ്.

meenpidiththam avarude upajeevakam aan.

Fishing is their livelihood.

All Malayalam words for “vocation”

ഉപജീവകം (upajeevakam) is a vocation in general, while കൊല്ലപ്പണി (kollappani) names one particular trade, the work of the blacksmith.

Common questions

How do you say vocation in Malayalam?

ഉപജീവകം (upajeevakam) means vocation, occupation or livelihood.

What is കൊല്ലപ്പണി (kollappani)?

Blacksmith work, taken as a trade.