Protector in Malayalam

സംരക്ഷകന്‍ (samrakshakan) is a protector or guardian, the masculine noun from the verb for safeguarding. It fits a patron, a guardian of a family and the protector of a cause.

Most common translation

സംരക്ഷകന്‍ (samrakshakan)

Protector, saviour.

അച്ഛൻ കുടുംബത്തിന്റെ സംരക്ഷകന്‍ ആണ്.

achchan kudumbathinte samrakshakan aanu.

Father is the protector of the family.

All Malayalam words for “protector”

പാലകന്‍ (palakan) joins protector to ruler, and ആണ്ടവന്‍ (aandavan), പുമാന്‍ (puman), ഈശ്വരന്‍ (eeshwaran) and നാഥന്‍ (naathan) are words for god, man, lord and husband where protector is a poetic overtone. പോറ്റി (potti) is a Brahmin title, not a protector at all.

Common questions

How do you say protector in Malayalam?

സംരക്ഷകന്‍ (samrakshakan).

Which of these words would be used of God?

ഈശ്വരന്‍ (eeshwaran) and ആണ്ടവന്‍ (aandavan), where the protecting sense is part of the idea of a lord.