Work in Malayalam
ജോലി (joli) is work in the everyday sense, the job you go to and the task in front of you. It arrived from Hindustani and is now completely at home, used by everybody from clerks to film characters.
Most common translation
Work, business, employment, difficult matter, job, profession.
അവൾക്ക് പുതിയ ജോലി കിട്ടി.
avalkku puthiya joli kitti
She got a new job.
All Malayalam words for “work”
- ജോലി (joli) — Work, business, employment, difficult matter, job, profession.
- പണി (pani) — Work, service, occupation, means, difficulty.
- പണിയെടുക്കുക (paniyedukkuka) — Work.
- വേല ചെയ്യുക (vela cheyyuka) — Work.
- ജോലികൾ (jolikal) — Jobs, work, tasks; the plural of joli.
- തൊഴിൽ (thozhil) — Labor; work, especially physical work done for wages, and the workforce doing it; the pains of childbirth are prasavavedana.
- ഉദ്യോഗം (udyogam) — Interest, zeal, effort, occupation, work, government service.
- പ്രയത്നം (prayathnam) — Labour, effort, endeavour, attempt, work.
- പ്രവര്ത്തിക്കുക (pravarthikkuka) — Do, act, work, perform, run, conduct, be engaged in.
- അടിച്ചുതളി (adichuthali) — Sweep the floor and sprinkle water on it (to purify it as a ritual), the work of sweeping and scrubbing the floor.
- അട്ടിമറി (attimari) — Upsetting, overthrowing, subversion, sabotage, undermining, headload work.
- അത്യുത്തമകൃതി (athyuthamakrithi) — Masterpiece, the best work.
- അരപ്പണി (arappani) — Incomplete work.
- അവധി (avadhi) — Holiday; a day off from work or school, leave.
- ആസ്വാദകന് (aaswadakan) — One who appreciates or enjoys (a work of art).
- ഈച്ച (eacha) — Be with out any work, site idle.
- ഓഫീസ് (ofees) — Office. A place where clerical or business work is done.
- കമ്പ്യൂട്ടർ (kampyoottar) — Computer, an electronic machine for work, study and games.
- കരിയർ (kariyar) — Career, a person's working life or chosen line of work.
- കല (kala) — Art, painting, music, dance and other creative work; also a skill done beautifully.
- കുത്തിയിരിക്കുക (kuthiyirikuka) — (idm.) idle away time, have no work to do, remain lazy.
- കൃത്യനിഷ്ഠ (krithyanishta) — Punctuality, promptitude in work.
- കേരളമാഹാത്മ്യം (keralamaahaathmyam) — An ancient work dealing with the greatness of Kerala.
- കൈപ്പുണ്യം (kaippunyam) — Good result of one's work, luck in the success of one's profession (eg. a doctor's success in his profession).
- കൊല്ലപ്പണി (kollappani) — Blacksmith's work or vocation.
- ക്രിയാശക്തി (kriyaashakthi) — God's creative power, ability to do work.
- ഗാര്ഹികവൃത്തി (gaarhikavrithi) — Household work, home-management, manage.
- ചുമതല (chumathala) — Task. A piece of work given to someone; a duty or assignment.
- ചൈത്യം (chaithyam) — Masonry work, rampart, sacrificial altar, house, temple, Buddhist monastery, tombstone.
- ജോലി ചെയ്യുക (joli cheyyuka) — Worked, did work, was employed; listed here as the verb to work.
- ജോലിസ്ഥലം (jolisthalam) — Place of work.
- ടീമുകൾ (teemukal) — Teams, groups that play or work together; the plural of teem.
- തിരക്കുള്ള (thirakkulla) — Engaged, busy, occupied; of a telephone line, already in use; busy; having much work to do, crowded with activity.
- തുഴയുക (thuzhayuka) — Row; (fig.) toil and moil, work hard.
- ദശകം (dashakam) — Period of ten years, a literary work of ten verses, anything having ten components.
- നാടകം (naadakam) — Play, opera, a literary work that gives scope for music, acting and dancing.
- നിലകൊള്ളുക (nilakolluka) — Remain, stand for, hold on to a position firmly, work steadfastly.
- പണിമുടക്ക് (panimudakk) — Striking of work, ceasing work, abstention from work.
- പണിയുക (paniyuka) — Make, build, do work, work hard, bow humbly.
- പദ്ധതി (paddhathi) — Project, a planned piece of work or scheme; a student's project work is also called projaktu.
- പദ്ധതികൾ (paddhathikal) — Plans, schemes, projects; the plural of paddhathi; projects; planned pieces of work, schemes undertaken by a government or company, assignments done at school.
- പരിശ്രമങ്ങൾ (parishramangal) — Efforts; the attempts and hard work put into something.
- പിരിച്ചുവിട്ട (pirichuvitta) — Fired; dismissed from a job, sent away from work; a gun being fired is a separate sense.
- പുരസ്കാരം (puraskaaram) — Award; a prize or honour given for good work or achievement.
- പുരസ്കാരങ്ങൾ (puraskarangal) — Awards; prizes or honours given for good work or achievement.
- പുരാണം (puranam) — Sacred or holy poetical work, legend, old history, mythology.
- പൂജയെടുപ്പ് (poojayeduppu) — The last day of Navaratri (Saraswathi or Durga puja) on which books and tools of work placed before the goddess for blessings are taken back.
- പൂർത്തിയാക്കുക (poorthiyaakkuka) — To finish, to complete, to bring work to an end.
- പൊടിപ്പ് (podippu) — Offshoot, sprout, a tuft, ornamental fringe- work, offspring.
- പ്രതിബദ്ധതയുള്ള (prathibaddhathayulla) — Committed. Dedicated and loyal to a work or cause; the sense of having done a crime is cheythu.
- പ്രവര്ത്തനക്ഷമത (pravarthanakshamatha) — Ability to work or perform well, working condition.
- മട്ടിപ്പണി (mattippani) — Rough work, unpolished finish etc.
- മന്നുക (mannuka) — Stand firm, work steadily, be revealed or exposed,.
- മാർക്കറ്റിങ് (maarkkating) — Marketing; the work of promoting and selling a product, advertising and sales taken together.
- മിനക്കെടുക (minakkeduka) — Waste time, remain without work, engage in useless activity, idle away time.
- മീൻപിടിത്തം (meenpidittham) — Fishing, catching fish, the work or pastime of catching fish.
- മുടക്കം (mudakkam) — Stopping, hindrance, investment of capital, suspension of work, holiday.
- മെനക്കെടുക (menakkeduka) — Be without work, become jobless, work in vain, idle.
- മേഖല (mekhala) — Zone; an area marked off for a purpose, a region or belt; sector. A part or division of an economy or of an area; a field of work.
- യന്ത്രം (yanthram) — Machine; a device with moving parts that does work, a piece of equipment run by power.
പണി (pani) leans towards manual and building work, തൊഴിൽ (thozhil) is labour and the trade one lives by, and പ്രയത്നം (prayathnam) is effort rather than work.
Common questions
How do you say work in Malayalam?
Work is ജോലി (joli).
What is the difference between joli and thozhil?
ജോലി (joli) is work or a job in general, while തൊഴിൽ (thozhil) is labour, especially paid physical work, and names the workforce as well.