Wife in Malayalam
Wife is ഭാര്യ (bhaarya), the word used in conversation, on forms and in law. Say bhaarya with the bh aspirated and a long aa. It is neutral and universal, with none of the formality of the Sanskritic words around it.
Most common translation
Wife, the woman a man is married to.
അവന്റെ ഭാര്യ അധ്യാപികയാണ്.
avante bhaarya adhyaapikayaanu.
His wife is a teacher.
All Malayalam words for “wife”
- ഭാര്യ (bhaarya) — Wife, the woman a man is married to.
- അക്കന് (akkan) — Elder sister, wife of elder brother.
- അഹല്യ (ahalya) — Wife of the sage Gautama.
- കല്യാണം കഴിഞ്ഞ (kalyanam kazhinja) — Married, having a husband or wife (literally: whose wedding has taken place).
- കാരിക (karika) — Versified statement of any doctrine, actress, an actor's wife.
- ദമ്പതികൾ (dampathikal) — Couple, a married pair, a husband and wife together; a couple of things is simply randu, two.
- ദാമ്പത്യം (daambathyam) — State of being husband and wife, married life.
- 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.
- രാജ്ഞി (raajnji) — Queen, a woman who rules a kingdom or the wife of a king; also called raani in everyday speech.
- ശക്തി (shakthi) — Strength, cleverness, firmness, vigour, capacity, goddess Lakshmi, Parvathi, Kaali, power of a deity personified as his wife, lance.
- സംസാരം (samsaaram) — Conversation, talk, worldly relations, world, worldly life, worldly subject, wife and children (old Malayalam).
- സ്വീകരിക്കുക (sweekarikkuka) — Receive, welcome, accept, confess, receive as one's wife.
ദമ്പതികൾ (dampathikal) and ദാമ്പത്യം (daambathyam) describe the married pair and married life rather than the wife herself, and അക്കന് (akkan) is an elder sister, extended to an elder brother's wife.
Common questions
How do you say wife in Malayalam?
Wife is ഭാര്യ (bhaarya).
What do you call a married couple?
ദമ്പതികൾ (dampathikal), which means a husband and wife together as a pair.