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അളിയൻ

aliyan aḷiyaṉ /ɐɭijɐn/

noun · നാമം

a term of address for a close male friend.

  1. brother-in-law; specifically wife's brother or sister's husband.

  2. colloquiala term of address for a close male friend.

Forms

the word അളിയൻ
of / belonging to അളിയന്റെ
to / for അളിയന്
as the object അളിയനെ
in / at അളിയനിൽ
with അളിയനോടു
by / using അളിയനാൽ
more than one അളിയൻമാർ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *cāḷ-iy-anṯu (“nephew, son-in-law”). Cognate with Kannada ಅಳಿಯ (aḷiya), Tulu ಅಳಿಯ (aḷiya), Telugu అల్లుడ (alluḍa).

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