Wrongful in Malayalam
This entry gives a compound rather than a bare adjective: അന്യായതടവ് (anyayathadavu) is wrongful imprisonment, formed from the word for injustice and the word for custody. Malayalam normally says wrongful by putting that first element straight in front of the noun it qualifies. The register is legal, the kind of phrasing found in petitions and judgments.
Wrongful illegal imprisonment.
നിരപരാധിയുടെ അന്യായതടവ് കോടതി റദ്ദാക്കി.
niraparaadhiyude anyayathadavu kodathi radhdhaakki
The court quashed the innocent man's wrongful detention.
Dictionary entry
- അന്യായതടവ് (anyayathadavu) — Wrongful illegal imprisonment.
There is no standalone adjective here; to say wrongful of anything else, the first element of അന്യായതടവ് (anyayathadavu) is prefixed to that noun instead.
Common questions
How do you say wrongful in Malayalam?
As a prefixed element meaning unjust. The entry shows it at work: അന്യായതടവ് (anyayathadavu) is wrongful imprisonment.
Is wrongful the same as illegal here?
Close but not identical. The element behind it means unjust or contrary to right, and legal writing often pairs it with a separate word for unlawful.