Works in Malayalam
When works means functions, Malayalam says പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നു (pravartthikkunnu), the present tense of the verb for operating. It is what you say about a phone that still runs, a scheme that is working or a plan that pays off.
പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നു (pravartthikkunnu)
Works, functions, runs properly; of a person holding a job Malayalam says joli cheyyunnu.
ഈ ഫാൻ നന്നായി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നു.
ee phaan nannaayi pravartthikkunnu.
This fan works well.
All Malayalam words for “works”
- പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നു (pravartthikkunnu) — Works, functions, runs properly; of a person holding a job Malayalam says joli cheyyunnu.
- കൂട്ടുകാരൻ (koottukaaran) — Fellow, a companion or mate, the man one works, studies or travels with.
- ടീം (teem) — Team, a group that plays or works together.
- ധാരണ (dhaarana) — Understanding; a grasp of how something works, knowledge of a matter, an informal agreement between people.
- പരിശോധന (parishodhana) — Testing. Checking or examining something to see whether it works or is correct.
- പൊതുമരാമത്ത് (pothumaramath) — Public works.
- പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ (pravarthanangal) — Activities, the things being done, works and programmes carried out; the singular is pravarthanam; operations; the activities or working processes of an organisation; a surgical operation is called shasthrakriya.
- ബാണം (banam) — Arrow, fire works, rocket.
- മരാമത്ത് (maraamath) — Repairs, public works.
- ലക്ഷ്യം (lakshyam) — Objective, aim, goal, the thing one works towards.
- ലക്ഷ്യങ്ങൾ (lakshyangal) — Goals, aims, targets that one works towards; a goal scored in football is called gol.
- സിദ്ധാന്തം (siddhaantham) — Theory; an explanation of how something works, a set of ideas put forward to explain facts.
Of a person holding a job the entry notes a different phrase built on doing work, and works in the sense of public works is പൊതുമരാമത്ത് (pothumaramath).
Common questions
How do you say it works in Malayalam?
It works is പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നു (pravartthikkunnu).
How do you say it does not work?
Negate the same verb. The sense of a thing failing to function stays with pravartthikkunnu rather than switching to a word for job.