Relative in Malayalam
ബന്ധു (bandhu) is a relative: kin by blood or by marriage, and in older usage a friend or ally too. It is a short Sanskritic word that Malayalam absorbed long ago and now uses without any formality. Two beats, the second light.
Relative, kinsman, a relation by marriage, friend.
ഒരു ബന്ധു ഇന്ന് വീട്ടിൽ വന്നു.
oru bandhu innu veettil vannu.
A relative came to the house today.
All Malayalam words for “relative”
- ബന്ധു (bandhu) — Relative, kinsman, a relation by marriage, friend.
- ആപേക്ഷിക (aapekshika) — Comparative, relative.
- അനന്തരവന് (anantharavan) — Nephew, heir, relative.
- ആത്മബന്ധു (aathmabandhu) — Close relative, intimate relative.
- ഉറ്റവന് (uttavan) — One who is dear, a close relative.
- ഗ്രഹസ്ഥിതി (grahasthithi) — Planetary position at a particular time, relative positions of the nine planets.
- നിയോഗം (niyogam) — Appointment, entrustment, order, instruction, use, effort, delegation (of authority), sexual relation between the wife of a sterile person and a relative to beget children.
- ബന്ധം (bandham) — Connection, a link or tie between people or things; also a service connection for electricity, water or internet; relation, the connection between people or things; also a relative, a member of the family.
ആപേക്ഷിക (aapekshika) is the adjective relative in the comparative sense, as in relative humidity, and has nothing to do with family; അനന്തരവന് (anantharavan) is a nephew or heir, ആത്മബന്ധു (aathmabandhu) and ഉറ്റവന് (uttavan) mean a close relative, and ഗ്രഹസ്ഥിതി (grahasthithi) and നിയോഗം (niyogam) belong to astrology and old law.
Common questions
How do you say relative in Malayalam?
ബന്ധു (bandhu) for a family member, and ആപേക്ഷിക (aapekshika) for relative as an adjective.
Which word means a close relative?
ആത്മബന്ധു (aathmabandhu) or ഉറ്റവന് (uttavan), both of which add the sense of being dear and near.