Addition in Malayalam
Arithmetic and everyday adding share one word, കൂട്ടൽ (koottal), which covers addition as an act and as the operation taught at school. For the plus sign itself, Malayalam simply borrows the English word.
Most common translation
Addition, the act of adding; the arithmetic operation of adding numbers.
കുട്ടി കൂട്ടൽ പഠിച്ചു.
kutti koottal padhichu.
The child learned addition.
All Malayalam words for “addition”
- കൂട്ടൽ (koottal) — Addition, the act of adding; the arithmetic operation of adding numbers.
- സങ്കലനം (sankalanam) — Mixing, blending, summarization, addition (maths.).
- തീര്പ്പ് (theerpp) — Decision, settlement, judgement, sentence, a sort of bonus in addition to the harvest wages paid in kind to agricultural workers.
- പുറമേ (purame) — Outside, in addition, externally.
- പ്ലസ് (plas) — Plus, the addition sign, and, with something more added; also used in plus two, the higher secondary class.
- മുതല്ക്കൂട്ട് (muthalkkoot) — Addition to the capital, achievement, sth. pledged.
കൂട്ടൽ is the ordinary noun, പ്ലസ് (plas) is the borrowed plus, സങ്കലനം is the technical mathematical term, and പുറമേ means in addition, besides.
Common questions
How do you say addition in Malayalam?
കൂട്ടൽ (koottal).
Which word do maths books use?
കൂട്ടൽ in everyday teaching and സങ്കലനം (sankalanam) in technical writing.