Confinement in Malayalam
Confinement in the sense of being held or detained is തടങ്കല് (thadankal) in Malayalam. News reports use it for custody and detention, and the root idea is being blocked from leaving. Say it tha-dan-kal with a retroflex d.
Most common translation
Imprisonment, confinement.
തടങ്കല് കാലം ആറു മാസമായിരുന്നു.
thadankal kaalam aaru maasamaayirunnu
The detention period was six months.
All Malayalam words for “confinement”
- തടങ്കല് (thadankal) — Imprisonment, confinement.
- ഉപഗ്രഹം (upagraham) — Satellite, a minor planet, seizing and arresting, confinement, defeat.
- പാറാവ് (paaraav) — Guard duty, vigil, place of confinement, prison.
പാറാവ് names the place, a guard post or prison, rather than the state, and ഉപഗ്രഹം means a satellite, with confinement only an old secondary sense.
Common questions
How do you say confinement in Malayalam?
തടങ്കല് (thadankal) means confinement, detention or imprisonment.
Which word refers to the place of confinement?
പാറാവ് (paaraav) is used for a guard post or a place where someone is held.