Subordinate in Malayalam

അംഗവാക്യം (amgavakayam) is a grammarian's term, the subordinate clause inside a sentence, built from the words for a limb and a sentence. It belongs to textbooks and language classes and would sound strange anywhere else.

Most common translation

അംഗവാക്യം (amgavakayam)

Subordinate clause (gram).

ഈ വാക്യത്തിൽ ഒരു അംഗവാക്യം ഉണ്ട്.

ee vaakyathil oru amgavakayam undu

There is a subordinate clause in this sentence.

Dictionary entry

This is not the word for a subordinate at work, nor the general adjective subordinate; only the grammatical sense is covered here.

Common questions

How do you say subordinate in Malayalam?

Only the grammar sense is in this list: a subordinate clause is അംഗവാക്യം (amgavakayam).

How would you refer to a junior colleague?

Not with this word. Kerala offices normally name the person's rank or use the English term.