Family in Malayalam

All Malayalam words for “family”

• കുടുംബം (kudumbam) — Family, the group of people one lives with, parents, children and close relatives, a household.
• വംശം (vamsham) — Clan, family, race, caste, community, multitude, bamboo, reed, flute, a kind of musical drum.
• ഗോത്രം (gothram) — Clan, tribe, family, mountain, forest, temple, field, water, cowshed, community, herd of cows, quiver, crown, ornamental umbrella, wealth.
• വീട് (veed) — House, home, family.
• അംഗങ്ങൾ (angangal) — Members, the people belonging to a group or a family.
• അഗോത്ര (agothra) — Not of a good family or clan.
• അഭിജാത (abhijatha) — Born of noble family.
• അമ്മാവൻ (ammaavan) — Uncle, the brother of one's mother, used generally for an uncle in the family.
• ഉന്നതകുടുംബം (unnathakudumbam) — High, wealthy or aristocratic family.
• എസ്റ്റേറ്റ് (estettu) — Estate; a large plantation of rubber, tea or coffee, also landed property owned by a person or family.
• കുടിക്കടം (kudikkadam) — Family debt, debt incurred by hut-dwellers.
• കൂട്ടുകുടുംബം (koottukudumbam) — Joint (undivided) family.
• ട്രംപ് (tramp) — Trump, the family name of the American politician Donald Trump; in card games also the suit that beats the others.
• തറവാട് (tharavaad) — (ancestral) matriarchal family, ancestral family, old or respectable family or household.
• ബന്ധം (bandham) — Connection, a link or tie between people or things; also a service connection for electricity, water or internet; relation, the connection between people or things; also a relative, a member of the family.
• ബന്ധങ്ങൾ (bandhangal) — Relationships; the connections between people, family ties, friendships and romantic bonds; relations. Connections and dealings between people, families or countries; also relatives.
• മകൻ (makan) — Son, a male child of a parent, a boy of the family.
• മകൾ (makal) — Daughter, a female child of a parent, a girl of the family.
• മാർട്ടിൻ (maarttin) — Martin; an English male given name and family name.
• രക്ഷ (raksha) — Protection, preserving, saving, salvation, charm, talisman, family deity, ashes on the forehead.
• വാദ്ധ്യാര്‍ (vaaddhyaar) — Family priest.
• വാഴിക്കുക (vaazhikkuka) — Instal, appoint as administrator, set up a family, anoint as ruler or king.
• വീട്ടുകാര്യം (veettukaaryam) — Domestic or family affair (a matter in which outsiders need not interfere).
• വീട്ടുകാർ (veettukaar) — Household, the people living together in one house, a family and its home.

കുടുംബം (kudumbam) is the household family, while വംശം (vamsham) and ഗോത്രം (gothram) reach back to lineage, clan and tribe. വീട് (veed) is the house and by extension those in it, അംഗങ്ങൾ (angangal) the members of a group, and അമ്മാവൻ (ammaavan), മകൻ (makan) and മകൾ (makal) name individual relatives.