Complainant in Malayalam

In a police station or a court, the complainant is the പരാതിക്കാരന്‍ (paraathikkaaran), built on the word for a complaint. The aa is long and the -kkaaran ending means the man concerned with it. This is the standard official term.

Most common translation

പരാതിക്കാരന്‍ (paraathikkaaran)

Complainant, petitioner.

പരാതിക്കാരന്‍ രാവിലെ സ്റ്റേഷനിൽ എത്തി.

paraathikkaaran raavile stteshanil etthi.

The complainant reached the station in the morning.

All Malayalam words for “complainant”

പരാതിക്കാരന്‍ is the ordinary complainant or petitioner, അന്യായക്കാരന്‍ (anyayakkaran) an older legal term, and ആക്ഷേപകന്‍ (aakshepakan) one who objects or censures, closer to a critic.

Common questions

How do you say complainant in Malayalam?

പരാതിക്കാരന്‍ (paraathikkaaran) is the word used for a complainant or petitioner.

Is there a feminine form?

The -kkaaran ending is masculine, so the listed form names a man; Malayalam swaps that ending for a female complainant.