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patriarchy meaning in Malayalam

പിതൃസത്താധിപത്യം

/ˈpeɪ̯tɹɪɑːkɪ/US/ˈpejtɹiɑɹki/

patriarchy in Malayalam: പിതൃസത്താധിപത്യം. In English, patriarchy means a social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.

Malayalam words for patriarchy

പിതൃസത്താധിപത്യം

English meaning of patriarchy

  1. noun A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
  2. noun A power structure in which men are dominant.
  3. noun The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.

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Questions about patriarchy in Malayalam

What is the meaning of patriarchy in Malayalam?
Patriarchy in Malayalam is പിതൃസത്താധിപത്യം.
patriarchy എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Patriarchy: പിതൃസത്താധിപത്യം.
What does patriarchy mean in English?
Patriarchy means a social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.

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Malayalam words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “patriarchy”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: patriarchy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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