Father-in-law in Malayalam
Your father-in-law is അമ്മായിയപ്പന് (ammayiyappan) in Malayalam. The word describes the relationship; face to face, people usually address him with a family word for father instead.
Father-in-law.
അമ്മായിയപ്പന് ഞങ്ങളോടൊപ്പം ഈ വീട്ടിൽ താമസിക്കുന്നു.
ammaayiyappan njangalodoppam ee veettil thaamasikkunnu.
My father-in-law lives with us in this house.
All Malayalam words for “father-in-law”
- അമ്മായിയപ്പന് (ammayiyappan) — Father-in-law.
- അപ്പച്ചന് (appachan) — Father, grandfather, father-in-law.
അമ്മായിയപ്പന് means father-in-law and nothing else, while അപ്പച്ചന് (appachan) is a word for father or grandfather, common in Christian families, that is also used in addressing a father-in-law.
Common questions
How do you say father-in-law in Malayalam?
അമ്മായിയപ്പന് (ammayiyappan) is the word for father-in-law.
What do people actually call him in person?
Usually a familiar word for father, such as അപ്പച്ചന് (appachan) in Christian families, keeping അമ്മായിയപ്പന് (ammayiyappan) for describing the relationship.