total

Hindi translation: कुल, योग, योगफल, जोड़, etc

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English term or phrase:total
Hindi translation:कुल, योग, योगफल, जोड़, etc

21:48 Oct 21, 2012
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English to Hindi translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics
English term or phrase: total
what is more precise योग अथवा कुल as a translation for 'total'?
Ashish (HIN,ENG) Nadia (ITA)
Italy
Local time: 07:44
कुल, योग, योगफल, जोड़, etc
Explanation:
Context is important here. You have indicated this question as a math question. So योग or योगफल is the term you are looking for. In very elementary maths, meant for small children जोड़ is also used - जोड़ना means 'to add' and घटाना means 'to subtract'. These simple terms are more familiar to small children. In higher classes, योग for addition and व्यवकलन for subtraction is used. The term योगफल is used for the result of addition, perhaps in line with the word गुणनफल for the result of multiplication.

In economics, कुल is more common, although योग is also used. कुल राशि - total amount, for example. Or just कुल at the end of a list of figures to should their total.

योग comes in various forms - सकल योग - net total, शुद्ध योग - gross total, महायोग - grand total, etc.

So context is important.
Selected response from:

Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 12:14
Grading comment
very useful explanation
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5कुल, योग, योगफल, जोड़, etc
Balasubramaniam L.
4 +1योग
Rajan Chopra
4 +1योग अथवा योगफल अथवा जोड़
DK Yadav


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
योग


Explanation:
It is a more befitting translation for total.

Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 12:14
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Geeta Joshi
5 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
कुल, योग, योगफल, जोड़, etc


Explanation:
Context is important here. You have indicated this question as a math question. So योग or योगफल is the term you are looking for. In very elementary maths, meant for small children जोड़ is also used - जोड़ना means 'to add' and घटाना means 'to subtract'. These simple terms are more familiar to small children. In higher classes, योग for addition and व्यवकलन for subtraction is used. The term योगफल is used for the result of addition, perhaps in line with the word गुणनफल for the result of multiplication.

In economics, कुल is more common, although योग is also used. कुल राशि - total amount, for example. Or just कुल at the end of a list of figures to should their total.

योग comes in various forms - सकल योग - net total, शुद्ध योग - gross total, महायोग - grand total, etc.

So context is important.

Balasubramaniam L.
India
Local time: 12:14
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
very useful explanation
Notes to answerer
Asker: many thanks for the explanation balaji i think i did make a mistake in stating context it economics rather than mathematics


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lalit Sati
13 mins

agree  Ravindra Godbole
35 mins

agree  Nitin Goyal
1 hr

agree  keshab
1 hr

agree  Geeta Joshi
2 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
योग अथवा योगफल अथवा जोड़


Explanation:
चूंकि‍ यह शब्‍द गणित से संबंधित है तो इसे योग, योगफल अथवा जोड़ लिखना ही उचित होगा।

DK Yadav
Local time: 12:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HindiHindi

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agree  Geeta Joshi
32 mins
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