Imprison in Malayalam
When a court sends someone to jail, Malayalam says തടവിലിടുക (thadaviliduka), literally to put them into custody. The first part is the word for detention or jail, and the verb at the end is the ordinary one for putting. Newspapers use it in exactly this form when reporting sentences.
Imprison, put in jail.
കള്ളനെ പോലീസ് തടവിലിട്ടു.
kallane police thadavilittu.
The police put the thief in jail.
All Malayalam words for “imprison”
- തടവിലിടുക (thadaviliduka) — Imprison, put in jail.
- അകത്താക്കുക (akaththakkuka) — Swallow, eat, consume, confine, imprison.
- ബന്ധിക്കുക (bandhikkuka) — Bind, tie, imprison, fasten, chain.
തടവിലിടുക (thadaviliduka) is the plain legal sense of jailing someone. ബന്ധിക്കുക (bandhikkuka) means to bind or tie and extends to confining a person, while അകത്താക്കുക (akaththakkuka) literally means to put inside and is also used of swallowing or consuming.
Common questions
How do you say imprison in Malayalam?
Say തടവിലിടുക (thadaviliduka), to put someone in jail.
Which word implies being tied up rather than jailed?
ബന്ധിക്കുക (bandhikkuka), whose root sense is binding and fastening, and which is used for chains as much as for cells.