Family in Malayalam
Malayalam words whose English meaning includes “family”:
- അഗോത്ര (agothra) — Not of a good family or caln.
- അഭിജാത (abhijatha) — Born of noble family.
- ഉന്നതകുടുംബം (unnathakudumbam) — High, wealthy or aristocratic family.
- കുടിക്കടം (kudikkadam) — Family debt, debt incurred by hut-dwellers.
- കൂട്ടുകുടുംബം (koottukudumbam) — Joint (undivided) family.
- ഗോത്രം (gothram) — Clan, tribe, family, mountain, forest, temple, field, water, cowshed, community, herd of cows, quiver, crown, ornamental umbrella, wealth.
- തറവാട് (tharavaad) — (ancestral) matriarchal family, ancestral family, old or respectable family or household.
- രക്ഷ (raksha) — Protection, preserving, saving, salvation, charm, talisman, family deity, ashes on the forehead.
- വംശം (vamsham) — Clan, family, race, caste, community, multitude, bamboo, reed, flute, a kind of musical drum.
- വാദ്ധ്യാര് (vaaddhyaar) — Family priest.
- വാഴിക്കുക (vaazhikkuka) — Instal, appoint as administrator, set up a family, anoint as ruler or king.
- വീട് (veed) — House, home, family.
- വീട്ടുകാര്യം (veettukaaryam) — Domestic or family affair (a matter in which outsiders need not interfere).