Aristocratic in Malayalam

The quality English calls aristocratic is ആഭിജാത്യം (aabhijaathyam) in Malayalam, the nobility that comes with high birth and breeding. It is said aa-bhi-jaa-thyam. Writers apply it to manners and bearing as much as to family.

Most common translation

ആഭിജാത്യം (aabhijaathyam)

Nobility, high birth, aristocratic breeding.

അവരുടെ പെരുമാറ്റത്തിൽ ആഭിജാത്യം തെളിഞ്ഞു കാണാം.

avarude perumaattathil aabhijaathyam thelinju kaanaam.

Nobility is clearly visible in their manners.

All Malayalam words for “aristocratic”

ആഭിജാത്യം (aabhijaathyam) and കുലീനത (kuleenatha) both name the quality of nobility, with the first more often applied to refined manners; ഉന്നതകുടുംബം (unnathakudumbam) is the aristocratic family itself.

Common questions

How do you say aristocratic in Malayalam?

ആഭിജാത്യം (aabhijaathyam) names the aristocratic quality; for an aristocratic family, ഉന്നതകുടുംബം (unnathakudumbam).

Are these words still used?

ആഭിജാത്യം is alive in writing about style and manners; the family-based senses now sound old-fashioned and sometimes carry a critical edge.