Quote in Malayalam
To quote is ഉദ്ധരിക്കുക (uddharikkuka), to lift up and set before the reader, the verb behind the noun for a quotation. The kk ending is the dictionary form; the rikk cluster is said with a light r. Critics and columnists use it when citing a line of poetry.
Quote, reclaim, liberate, rescue.
ഉപന്യാസത്തിൽ കവിതയുടെ വരികൾ ഉദ്ധരിക്കുക.
upanyaasathil kavithayude varikal uddharikkuka.
Quote the lines of the poem in the essay.
Dictionary entry
- ഉദ്ധരിക്കുക (uddharikkuka) — Quote, reclaim, liberate, rescue.
Its older senses of rescuing, reclaiming and liberating are still alive in formal writing, so the verb can mean uplift as well as cite; only the context sorts them out.
Common questions
How do you say quote in Malayalam?
ഉദ്ധരിക്കുക (uddharikkuka) is the verb for quoting or citing.
Why does the same verb mean rescue?
Both senses come from the root idea of raising something up, whether a line out of a book or a person out of trouble.