Marathi for work and business
Meetings, customers, contracts — professional Marathi for offices.
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Workplaces run on roles: नोकरी (job), ऑफिस (office), बॉस (boss), ग्राहक (customer), सहकारी (colleague). माझी नोकरी (my job is) introduces your profession; ऑफिस कुठे आहे? finds any office. Roles first, tasks second.
Meetings move business: मीटिंग (meeting), करार (contract/deal), सही (signature). मीटिंग उद्या सकाळी (meeting tomorrow morning) — confirm with ठीक आहे, येतो (okay, I'll come). Marathi meetings open with नमस्कार and close with धन्यवाद.
Money talks plainly: नफा (profit), तोटा (loss), पगार (salary), रजा (leave). पगार कधी होतो? (when is payday?) — asked smiling, everywhere. Business Marathi respects directness wrapped in politeness.
Digital tools connect all: ईमेल (email), फोन (phone), मेसेज (message). ईमेल बघा (please check email) — then यश (success) follows effort. Professional Marathi: formal words, warm heart.
Words and phrases for this topic
| English | Marathi | Sounds like |
|---|---|---|
| Job / work | नोकरी | nokari |
| Office | ऑफिस | office |
| Meeting | मीटिंग | meeting |
| Boss | बॉस | boss |
| Customer / client | ग्राहक | graahak |
| Contract / deal | करार | karaar |
| Profit | नफा | naphaa |
| Loss | तोटा | totaa |
| Salary | पगार | pagaar |
| Leave / holiday | रजा | rajaa |
| ईमेल | ||
| Phone | फोन | phone |
| Success | यश | yash |
Language, culture, and common traps
Practice: recall, then use
Use this quick recall drill for Marathi for work and business. Hide the script and romanisation columns; say the Marathi 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 नोकरी (nokari) and decide whether it fits the situation before using it elsewhere.
Context check. For Marathi 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
- नोकरी nokari — Job / work
- नफा naphaa — Profit
- यश yash — Success
Questions learners ask
नमस्कार, मी (hello, I'm) — then तुम्हाला भेटून आनंद झाला (pleased to meet you). Business Marathi opens formal and warms slowly.
मीटिंग कधी आहे? (when is the meeting?) and मीटिंग कुठे आहे? (where?). Meetings run Marathi offices — never miss one for language reasons.
ईमेल पाठवतो (I'll send an email) and फोनवर बोलूया (let's talk on the phone). Digital Marathi borrows freely — clarity beats purity in business.