Nephew in Malayalam
Nephew is അനന്തരവന് (anantharavan), a word that in Kerala's old matrilineal families meant the sister's son who inherited, so it also carries the sense of heir. It is a formal word, the one that turns up in wills and family records.
Most common translation
Nephew, heir, relative.
അമ്മാവന്റെ കൂടെ അനന്തരവന് കടയിൽ പോയി.
ammaavante koode anantharavan kadayil poyi.
The nephew went to the shop with his uncle.
All Malayalam words for “nephew”
- അനന്തരവന് (anantharavan) — Nephew, heir, relative.
- അഭിമന്യു (abhimanyu) — Sri Krishna's nephew.
അനന്തരവന് (anantharavan) covers a nephew and a relative in line to inherit, while അഭിമന്യു (abhimanyu) is a personal name from the Mahabharata and not a term for nephew.
Common questions
How do you say nephew in Malayalam?
അനന്തരവന് (anantharavan) is the word for nephew.
Why does it also mean heir?
Under the old marumakkathayam system property passed to a man's sister's son, so one word covered nephew and successor.