Brother in Malayalam
സഹോദരന് (sahodaran) is brother, the neutral word that does not say whether he is older or younger. Malayalam normally cares about that distinction, so in family talk people choose a more specific term instead. Pronounce it sa-ho-da-ran.
Brother, fellow believer.
എന്റെ സഹോദരൻ കോളേജിൽ പഠിക്കുന്നു.
ente sahodaran collegil padikkunnu.
My brother studies in college.
All Malayalam words for “brother”
- സഹോദരന് (sahodaran) — Brother, fellow believer.
- ആങ്ങള (aangala) — Brother.
- സഹോദരൻ (sahodaran) — Brother, a male sibling, called chettan when elder and aniyan when younger.
- അംഗദന് (amgadan) — Son of Bali, son of Lakshmana and Urmila, son of Gada, lord Krishna's brother.
- അക്കന് (akkan) — Elder sister, wife of elder brother.
- അഗ്രജന് (agrajan) — The first-born son, elder brother.
- അനിയന് (aniyan) — Younger brother.
- അമ്മാവൻ (ammaavan) — Uncle, the brother of one's mother, used generally for an uncle in the family.
- കനിഷ്ഠന് (kanishtan) — The youngest brother.
- മൂത്ത (moottha) — Older, elder, greater in age; used especially of an elder brother or sister. For an older thing Malayalam says pazhaya.
sahodaran is the general brother, aangala another word for one; aniyan is a younger brother, agrajan the eldest son or elder brother, kanishtan the youngest, and akkan an elder sister or an elder brother's wife.
Common questions
How do you say brother in Malayalam?
Brother is സഹോദരന് (sahodaran).
Why does Malayalam have so many words for brother?
Because relative age matters in how families address each other, so a younger brother is aniyan and an older one is named with a word like agrajan rather than with the neutral sahodaran.