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illiteracy meaning in Malayalam

നിരക്ഷരത

/ɪˈlɪtəɹəsi/

illiteracy in Malayalam: നിരക്ഷരത, നിരക്ഷരത്വം, അക്ഷരശൂന്യത, എഴുത്തറിയായ്മ. In English, illiteracy means the inability to read and write.

Malayalam words for illiteracy

illiterateness, inability to read or write
നിരക്ഷരത, നിരക്ഷരത്വം, അക്ഷരശൂന്യത, എഴുത്തറിയായ്മ, അക്ഷരാഭ്യാസമില്ലായ്മ, അക്ഷരജ്ഞാനമില്ലായ്മ
ignorance, unawareness, inexperience
അജ്ഞത, അജ്ഞത്വം, അജ്ഞാനം, അനഭിജ്ഞത, അശിക്ഷിതത്വം, ഉന്മോഹം

English meaning of illiteracy

  1. noun The inability to read and write.
  2. noun The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage.
  3. noun A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
  4. noun Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered.

Full definition of illiteracy

illiteracy in a sentence

  • Illiteracy is widespread in certain areas of the country.

Synonyms of illiteracy

illiteracy in other languages

Questions about illiteracy in Malayalam

What is the meaning of illiteracy in Malayalam?
Illiteracy in Malayalam is നിരക്ഷരത, നിരക്ഷരത്വം, അക്ഷരശൂന്യത, എഴുത്തറിയായ്മ.
illiteracy എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Illiteracy: നിരക്ഷരത, നിരക്ഷരത്വം, അക്ഷരശൂന്യത, എഴുത്തറിയായ്മ.
What does illiteracy mean in English?
Illiteracy means the inability to read and write.

Source and license

Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: illiteracy (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: illiteracy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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