Inference in Malayalam
അനുമാനം (anumanam) is the Malayalam word for an inference, the step from evidence to a conclusion. The four syllables are even, a-nu-maa-nam, and the term is at home in logic, law and ordinary reasoning alike. In casual speech it can also simply mean a guess.
Guess, inference.
എന്റെ അനുമാനം ശരിയായിരുന്നു.
ente anumanam shariyaayirunnu.
My guess was right.
All Malayalam words for “inference”
- അനുമാനം (anumanam) — Guess, inference.
- നിഗമനം (nigamanam) — Conclusion, inference, deduction, word of a Veda.
അനുമാനം (anumanam) is the act of inferring or guessing, while നിഗമനം (nigamanam) is the conclusion you arrive at, so it suits the end point of an argument or a research finding.
Common questions
How do you say inference in Malayalam?
Say അനുമാനം (anumanam). If you mean the conclusion reached rather than the reasoning, നിഗമനം (nigamanam) is closer.
Does anumanam mean guess or inference?
Both. In careful writing it is a reasoned inference; in conversation it often means no more than a guess, and the context tells you which.