Male in Malayalam
Male in Malayalam is ആൺ (aan), used of people and animals alike and standing at the front of compounds. Male children, for instance, are ആൺകുട്ടികൾ (aankuttikal). The word is as at home on a form as in conversation.
Most common translation
Male; of the man or boy sex, a male person or animal.
അവർക്ക് ഒരു ആൺകുട്ടി ഉണ്ട്.
avarkku oru aankutti undu.
They have a male child.
All Malayalam words for “male”
- ആൺ (aan) — Male; of the man or boy sex, a male person or animal.
- അടുക്കളക്കാരന് (adukkalakkaran) — Male cook, kitchener.
- ആൺകുട്ടികൾ (aankuttikal) — Boys, male children.
- കഥാനായകന് (kathaanaayakan) — 'hero' of the story, main male character.
- കാമുകൻ (kaamukan) — Boyfriend, a girl's male romantic partner; in speech the English word boyfriend is also used.
- ചാൾസ് (chaals) — Charles; an English male given name, borne by kings of Britain.
- തോമസ് (thomasu) — Thomas, a male given name and surname, very common among Christians in Kerala.
- നായകൻ (naayakan) — Hero; the main male character of a film or story, also a brave person who is admired.
- പുലയന് (pulayan) — A male of the Pulaya caste.
- പൂവന് (poovan) — Cock, male bird, one having flower, a kind of plantain, tree that doesn't bear fruit, Brahma.
- പോട (poda) — One who is neither male nor female, hermaphrodite, female servant, heron.
- ബെൻ (ben) — Ben; a male given name in English, the short form of Benjamin.
- മകൻ (makan) — Son, a male child of a parent, a boy of the family.
- മധുപന് (madhupan) — Beetle, male honey bee, libertine, drunkard.
- മാർട്ടിൻ (maarttin) — Martin; an English male given name and family name.
- ലിംഗം (limgam) — Mark, Sivalinga (phallus), penis, symbol of male, cause, deity, (gr.) gender.
- സഹോദരന്മാർ (sahodaranmaar) — Brothers; male siblings of the same parents, also used for close male friends.
- സഹോദരൻ (sahodaran) — Brother, a male sibling, called chettan when elder and aniyan when younger.
- ഹെൻറി (henri) — Henry; an English male given name, borne by kings of England.
ആൺ (aan) is the general marker, while മകൻ (makan), സഹോദരൻ (sahodaran), കാമുകൻ (kaamukan), അടുക്കളക്കാരന് (adukkalakkaran) and കഥാനായകന് (kathaanaayakan) are particular male roles: son, brother, boyfriend, cook and story hero.
Common questions
How do you say male in Malayalam?
Use ആൺ (aan).
How do you say male children?
ആൺകുട്ടികൾ (aankuttikal), meaning boys.