Gujarati for work and business
Meetings, customers, contracts — professional Gujarati for offices.
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Workplaces run on roles: નોકરી (job), ઓફિસ (office), બોસ (boss), ગ્રાહક (customer), સહકર્મી (colleague). મારી નોકરી (my job is) introduces your profession; ઓફિસ ક્યાં છે? finds any office. Roles first, tasks second.
Meetings move business: મીટિંગ (meeting), કરાર (contract/deal), સહી (signature). મીટિંગ કાલે સવારે (meeting tomorrow morning) — confirm with સારું, આવીશ (okay, I'll come). Gujarati meetings open with નમસ્તે and close with આભાર.
Money talks plainly: નફો (profit), ખોટ (loss), પગાર (salary), રજા (leave). પગાર ક્યારે થાય છે? (when is payday?) — asked smiling, everywhere. Business Gujarati respects directness wrapped in politeness.
Digital tools connect all: ઈમેલ (email), ફોન (phone), મેસેજ (message). ઈમેલ જોજો (please check email) — then સફળતા (success) follows effort. Professional Gujarati: formal words, warm heart.
Words and phrases for this topic
| English | Gujarati | Sounds like |
|---|---|---|
| Job / work | નોકરી | nokari |
| Office | ઓફિસ | office |
| Meeting | મીટિંગ | meeting |
| Boss | બોસ | boss |
| Customer / client | ગ્રાહક | graahak |
| Contract / deal | કરાર | karaar |
| Profit | નફો | napho |
| Loss | ખોટ | khot |
| Salary | પગાર | pagaar |
| Leave / holiday | રજા | rajaa |
| ઈમેલ | ||
| Phone | ફોન | phone |
| Success | સફળતા | saphaltaa |
Language, culture, and common traps
Practice: recall, then use
Use this quick recall drill for Gujarati for work and business. Hide the script and romanisation columns; say the Gujarati form for each cue before revealing its row, then check spelling and sound. The phrase-table speaker buttons provide a model when a matching browser voice is available.
- Job / work
- Profit
- Success
Transfer practice. Practise one workplace request as a complete message: name the task, make the request, and confirm the next step. Keep a respectful opening and closing. Office conventions differ by team and region, so use the examples as a starting point and observe the register your colleagues prefer. Start from નોકરી (nokari) and decide whether it fits the situation before using it elsewhere.
Context check. For Gujarati for work and business, “Success” belongs to a particular setting. A common mistake is to treat an English gloss as universal; read the language-specific note above and ask a fluent speaker when local usage differs.
Check your recall: answer key
- નોકરી nokari — Job / work
- નફો napho — Profit
- સફળતા saphaltaa — Success
Questions learners ask
નમસ્તે, હું (hello, I'm) — then તમને મળીને આનંદ થયો (pleased to meet you). Business Gujarati opens formal and warms slowly.
મીટિંગ ક્યારે છે? (when is the meeting?) and મીટિંગ ક્યાં છે? (where?). Meetings run Gujarati offices — never miss one for language reasons.
ઈમેલ મોકલીશ (I'll send an email) and ફોન પર વાત કરીએ (let's talk on the phone). Digital Gujarati borrows freely — clarity beats purity in business.