What does Chettayi mean?
What does Chettayi mean?
Chetta (ചെറ്റ) mean grass or Palm leaf which are used for making walls and roofs of huts.
What is the difference between Chettan and ettan?
Chettan is a title. Ettan is a feeling. Both words are used as a mark of respect when addressing an elder male in Malayalam.
What does the name Anna?
The name Anna is a girl’s name of Hebrew origin meaning “grace”. Anna is the Latin form of Hannah, a Hebrew name that derived from root chanan, meaning “grace.” European Christians embraced the name for its associations with the Virgin Mary’s mother, Saint Anna — known in English as Saint Anne.
Who is IKKA in Kerala?
Ikka (ഇക്ക) is a word that Kerala Muslims use to address their elder brother. More generally, it is a word that you can use to address Muslim men who are older than you with elder-brotherly respect. Malayalam cinema has two superstars: Mammootty[1] and Mohanlal.
What is the Malayalam word for husband and brother?
If the word for brother is Name suffix Etta, they call their husband as Etta/Chetta (In Cochin and nearby districts). People in central Kerala will see a mix of these usages. So please don’t think that Malayalam has a unique feature of same word for husband and brother.
What is the meaning of the Malayalam word ‘Chettan’?
The word ‘chettan’ means big brother in Malayalam. And this is used for calling husbands ,boyfriends,one’s own elder brothers or the other elder males who are not old enough to be called an uncle .
What do people in Kerala call their husband and brother?
In some regions if the word for brother is Ettan/Chettan, they will use name suffix Etta for husband (in Malabar region). If the word for brother is Name suffix Etta, they call their husband as Etta/Chetta (In Cochin and nearby districts). People in central Kerala will see a mix of these usages.
What do we call our husbands in Bengali?
If both men and women are of the same age they call them by their names. But still the girls will call their husbands as Chetta. The elder females are called as; ‘Chechi’, out of respect to sisters but not to a wife.