Mother in Malayalam

All Malayalam words for “mother”

• അമ്മ (amma) — Mom, mother, mum.
• അംബ (amba) — Mother.
• പെറ്റമ്മ (pettamma) — Mother, the mother who gave birth to.
• പ്രകൃതി (prakrithi) — Nature, reality, shape, form, source, original character, divine power, woman, mother, root of a word (gram.).
• അച്ചമ്മ (achamma) — Paternal grandmother (father's mother).
• അച്ഛമ്മ (achamma) — Father's mother, grandmother.
• അഞ്ജന (anjana) — Hanuman's mother.
• അമ്മപെങ്ങന്മാര്‍ (ammapenganmar) — Mother and sisters.
• അമ്മാവൻ (ammaavan) — Uncle, the brother of one's mother, used generally for an uncle in the family.
• അമ്മൂമ്മ (ammoomma) — Grand mother, a very old woman.
• ചിപ്പി (chippi) — Small shell, mother of pearl, oyster.
• ചെറിയമ്മ (cheriyamma) — Mother's younger sister, step- mother.
• ജന്മഭാഷ (janmabhaasha) — Mother tongue.
• താച്ചി (thachi) — Foster- mother, mother's mother, step- mother, woman who breast feeds another's child.
• ധാത്രി (dhaathri) — Earth, foster mother nurse, gooseberry tree, gooseberry.
• പാല് (paalu) — Milk, the white liquid from a cow or from a mother, used in tea and cooking.
• പിതാമഹി (pithamahi) — Grandmother, father's mother.
• പൊന്നമ്മ (ponnamma) — Beloved mother, beloved woman, pet name.
• പോറ്റമ (pottama) — Foster mother.
• മുത്തച്ഛൻ (muthachchan) — Grandfather, the father of one's father or mother, grandpa.
• മുത്തശ്ശി (muthashi) — Grandmother, the mother of one's father or mother, granny.

അമ്മ (amma) is the everyday word, അംബ (amba) belongs to literary and devotional language, and പെറ്റമ്മ (pettamma) specifies the mother who gave birth; the other listed words are only related, such as അമ്മാവൻ (ammaavan), a mother's brother.