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jail meaning in Malayalam

ജയിൽ jayil

/d͡ʒeɪl/

jail in Malayalam: ജയിൽ (jayil). In English, jail means a place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

Malayalam words for jail

jail
ജയിൽ jayil

English meaning of jail

  1. noun A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
  2. noun Confinement in a jail.
  3. noun The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
  4. noun In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.

Full definition of jail

jail in a sentence

  • He was sent to jail for theft.
  • She visited her brother in jail.

Synonyms of jail

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Questions about jail in Malayalam

What is the meaning of jail in Malayalam?
Jail in Malayalam is ജയിൽ (jayil).
jail എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Jail: ജയിൽ (jayil).
What does jail mean in English?
Jail means a place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

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Malayalam words from Wiktionary's Malayalam entries whose English meaning is “jail”: ജയിൽ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: jail (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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