Welfare in Malayalam
Welfare is യോഗക്ഷേമം (yogakshemam), a Sanskritic pair of words meaning roughly livelihood and security, and it is the term in the names of welfare boards and schemes. Say yogakshemam with the stress on the third syllable. Government notices and union names use it constantly.
Comfort of the body, happiness, (social) welfare.
മക്കളുടെ യോഗക്ഷേമം അമ്മയ്ക്ക് പ്രധാനമാണ്.
makkalude yogakshemam ammaykk pradhaanamaan.
The welfare of her children is important to the mother.
All Malayalam words for “welfare”
- യോഗക്ഷേമം (yogakshemam) — Comfort of the body, happiness, (social) welfare.
- നന്മ (nanma) — Virtue, goodness, welfare, prosperity, benefit, good.
- ജനക്ഷേമം (janakshemam) — People's welfare.
- ജനോപകാരം (janopakaaram) — Public welfare, public benefit.
ജനക്ഷേമം (janakshemam) and ജനോപകാരം (janopakaaram) narrow it to the welfare or benefit of the people, while നന്മ (nanma) is the broad word for goodness and good done to someone.
Common questions
How do you say welfare in Malayalam?
Welfare is യോഗക്ഷേമം (yogakshemam).
Which word appears in the names of welfare schemes?
യോഗക്ഷേമം (yogakshemam), and for public welfare specifically ജനക്ഷേമം (janakshemam) or ജനോപകാരം (janopakaaram).