Textual in Malayalam
The one candidate is a compound rather than an adjective: പാഠനിരൂപണം (paadaniroopanam) is textual criticism, the scholarly work of establishing what a text actually says. Its first part is the word for a reading or version of a text.
Textual criticism.
അധ്യാപകൻ ക്ലാസിൽ പാഠനിരൂപണം നടത്തി.
adhyaapakan klaasil paadaniroopanam nadathi.
The teacher carried out textual criticism in class.
Dictionary entry
- പാഠനിരൂപണം (paadaniroopanam) — Textual criticism.
For textual as a modifier Malayalam uses that first part in front of a noun; പാഠനിരൂപണം (paadaniroopanam) by itself names the discipline.
Common questions
How do you say textual in Malayalam?
There is no standalone adjective here. പാഠനിരൂപണം (paadaniroopanam) is textual criticism, and its first element is the word for a reading of a text.
Where would you meet this word?
In literary scholarship and in editions of classical works, where പാഠനിരൂപണം (paadaniroopanam) heads the comparison of manuscripts.