Deduction in Malayalam
On a bill or a payslip, a deduction is കിഴിവ് (kizhivu) — the amount taken off. Shopkeepers use the same word for a discount, so it comes up every day. The zh is the distinctive retroflex Malayalam sound: ki-zhi-vu.
Most common translation
Deduction, discount.
കടയില് ഇന്ന് നല്ല കിഴിവ് ഉണ്ട്.
kadayil innu nalla kizhivu undu.
There is a good discount in the shop today.
All Malayalam words for “deduction”
- കിഴിവ് (kizhivu) — Deduction, discount.
- നിഗമനം (nigamanam) — Conclusion, inference, deduction, word of a Veda.
കിഴിവ് (kizhivu) is a deduction of money, while നിഗമനം (nigamanam) is deduction as reasoning, the conclusion drawn from evidence. The two never swap places.
Common questions
How do you say deduction in Malayalam?
കിഴിവ് (kizhivu) for an amount deducted; it doubles as the word for discount.
Which word fits deduction in logic?
നിഗമനം (nigamanam), used for an inference or conclusion in reasoning and academic writing.