Correction in Malayalam
Correction is തിരുത്തല് (thiruthal), from the verb meaning to correct. It is what a teacher writes in the margin and what a newspaper prints when it has got something wrong.
Most common translation
Correction, rectification.
ടീച്ചർ ഒരു തിരുത്തല് നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചു.
teecchar oru thiruthal nirddheshichu
The teacher suggested one correction.
All Malayalam words for “correction”
- തിരുത്തല് (thiruthal) — Correction, rectification.
- തെറ്റുതിരുത്തല് (thettuthiruthal) — Correcting, correction, rectification.
തെറ്റുതിരുത്തല് (thettuthiruthal) is the fuller compound, literally mistake-correcting, useful when you want to stress that errors are being put right.
Common questions
How do you say correction in Malayalam?
തിരുത്തല് (thiruthal), a correction or rectification.
Which word would a proofreader use?
Either works, though തെറ്റുതിരുത്തല് (thettuthiruthal) names the job of correcting mistakes more explicitly.