Grandmother in Malayalam
Grandmother is മുത്തശ്ശി (muthashi), the affectionate everyday word for granny on either side of the family. Where the side matters, Malayalam is precise: the father's mother is അച്ഛമ്മ (achamma) and the mother's mother അമ്മമ്മ (ammamma). Children use these as names rather than titles.
Most common translation
Grandmother, the mother of one's father or mother, granny.
മുത്തശ്ശി പായസം ഉണ്ടാക്കി.
muthashi paayasam undaakki.
Grandmother made payasam.
All Malayalam words for “grandmother”
- മുത്തശ്ശി (muthashi) — Grandmother, the mother of one's father or mother, granny.
- പിതാമഹി (pithamahi) — Grandmother, father's mother.
- അച്ഛമ്മ (achamma) — Father's mother, grandmother.
- അച്ചമ്മ (achamma) — Paternal grandmother (father's mother).
- അമ്മമ്മ (ammamma) — Maternal grandmother.
പിതാമഹി (pithamahi) is the literary term for a father's mother, and അച്ചമ്മ (achamma) is a spelling variant of the same paternal word.
Common questions
How do you say grandmother in Malayalam?
മുത്തശ്ശി (muthashi).
How do you say maternal grandmother?
അമ്മമ്മ (ammamma).