No. 124 in Malay

salah

Wrong; mistaken; error.

In a sentence

Dia mengaku kesalahannya.
He admitted his mistake.
In this sentence, 'salah' means 'mistake' or 'fault', indicating an error or wrongdoing.
Maaf, nombor yang anda dail adalah salah.
Sorry, the number you dialed is wrong.
Here, 'salah' means 'wrong', showing that the number dialed is incorrect.
Tiada yang salah dengan cara dia melakukan tugasan itu.
There is nothing wrong with the way he did the task.
In this case, 'salah' is used to mean 'wrong' or 'incorrect', implying no error in his approach to the task.

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