Workman in Malayalam

പണിക്കാരന്‍ (panikkaaran) is the man who does the work, a labourer, mason or jobbing craftsman, built from the word for work plus the ending for a person. It is the word a householder uses when the men arrive to repair a roof.

Most common translation

പണിക്കാരന്‍ (panikkaaran)

Workman, labourer, artisan.

പണിക്കാരന്‍ രാവിലെ തന്നെ വന്നു.

panikkaaran raavile thanne vannu.

The workman came early in the morning.

Dictionary entry

It is informal and tied to manual trades, so for an employee in the legal sense Malayalam reaches for the labour-law word for worker instead.

Common questions

How do you say workman in Malayalam?

Workman is പണിക്കാരന്‍ (panikkaaran).

Is there a feminine form?

Yes, the same stem takes the feminine ending; panikkaaran itself refers to a man.