Lineage in Malayalam
Lineage is പരമ്പര (parambara), the line of descent running from one generation to the next, and also a tradition handed down that way. A family of temple musicians would be described as a parambara. Three light syllables, pa-ram-bara.
Most common translation
Coming in serial succession, following in traditional lineage.
അമ്മ ഈ പരമ്പര എന്നും കാണും.
amma ee parampara ennum kaanum.
Mother watches this series every day.
All Malayalam words for “lineage”
- പരമ്പര (parambara) — Coming in serial succession, following in traditional lineage.
- അന്വയം (anwayam) — Race, lineage.
- വഴി (vazhi) — Path, road, way, turn, order, lineage, inheritance, means.
പരമ്പര (parambara) is succession through generations, അന്വയം (anwayam) a formal word for race or family line, and വഴി (vazhi) means lineage only in phrases about descent through one side.
Common questions
How do you say lineage in Malayalam?
പരമ്പര (parambara), a lineage or line of succession.
Is there a more literary word?
അന്വയം (anwayam), race or lineage, used in formal and older writing.