Son in Malayalam
Son is മകൻ (makan), the plain everyday word, and it doubles as an affectionate way of addressing a boy who is not your own. A Kerala father calls his child by it and so does a shopkeeper calling a schoolboy. Two syllables, both short.
Most common translation
Son, a male child of a parent, a boy of the family.
അവരുടെ മകൻ വലുതായി.
avarude makan valuthaayi.
Their son has grown up.
All Malayalam words for “son”
- മകൻ (makan) — Son, a male child of a parent, a boy of the family.
- ആത്മജന് (aathmajan) — Son.
- പുത്ര (puthra) — To son.
- അംഗജന് (amgajan) — Cupid(the god of love), son.
- അംഗദന് (amgadan) — Son of Bali, son of Lakshmana and Urmila, son of Gada, lord Krishna's brother.
- അഗ്രജന് (agrajan) — The first-born son, elder brother.
- അതികായന് (athikayan) — Giant, gigantic figure, son of Ravana.
- ഏകപുത്രന് (eakaputhran) — The only son, a person having only one son.
- കുട്ടി (kutti) — Child, a young boy or girl; also a son or daughter; kid, a child, a young boy or girl.
- ദത്തന് (dathan) — Adopted son, Vaisya.
- ദത്തുപുത്രന് (dathuputhran) — Adopted son.
- ബന്ധുരന് (bandhuran) — Son of a prostitute, bastard.
- രാജകുമാരൻ (rajakumaran) — Prince; the son of a king, a young royal man.
ആത്മജന് (aathmajan) and പുത്ര (puthra) are Sanskrit words for son used in formal and poetic Malayalam, while അംഗജന് (amgajan), അംഗദന് (amgadan) and അതികായന് (athikayan) name particular sons from mythology.
Common questions
How do you say son in Malayalam?
മകൻ (makan), used for a son and as a friendly address to any boy.
Which word goes on official forms?
Kerala forms use മകൻ (makan) in the son-of line; the Sanskrit alternatives belong to literature.