Category: EconomyPart of speech: nounDifficulty: IntermediateRecommended for ★ UPSC

പ്രവാസി

/pravaasi/Roman

English meaning: Expatriate / Migrant worker

Definition

A person who lives and works outside their home country. Kerala has the largest diaspora of any Indian state, with over 2 million Keralites working primarily in Gulf countries. Remittances from Pravasis form 35% of Kerala's GSDP.

Example

പ്രവാസിൾ കേരളത്തിന്റെ സാമ്പത്തിക വളർച്ചയ്ക്ക് നിർണ്ണായക സംഭാവന നൽകുന്നു.

In English: Expatriates make a decisive contribution to Kerala's economic growth.

Literary Heritage

ധർമ്മം ജയിക്കും, അധർമ്മം ക്ഷയിക്കും, ഇതാണ് ഈ ലോകത്തിന്റെ ക്രമം

/dharmaṃ jayikkuṃ, adharmaṃ kṣayikkuṃ, itāṇu ī lōkattiṃṟe kramaṃ/

Righteousness shall prevail, unrighteousness shall perish — this is the order of this world.

Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan · Father of Malayalam Language · 16th–17th century CE

Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu

Adhyatma Ramayanam — Ezhuthachan's Kilippattu on cosmic and economic justice

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മലയാളം
Malayalam
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Malayalam
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