Moat in Malayalam
The water-filled ditch dug around a fort is a കിടങ്ങ് (kidangu). The final sound is a very short, barely released u, so it comes out close to ki-dan-gu, and the same word serves for any long trench cut into the ground.
Most common translation
Moat, trench, ditch.
കോട്ടയ്ക്ക് ചുറ്റും വലിയ കിടങ്ങ് ഉണ്ട്.
kottaykku chuttum valiya kidangu undu
There is a big moat around the fort.
All Malayalam words for “moat”
- കിടങ്ങ് (kidangu) — Moat, trench, ditch.
- ഓട (oda) — Gutter, moat, drain.
ഓട (oda) is the gutter or drain beside a house or road, so keep it for drainage; the defensive ditch of a fort is കിടങ്ങ് (kidangu).
Common questions
What is the Malayalam word for moat?
കിടങ്ങ് (kidangu), which covers a moat, a trench and a ditch.
Is there a separate word for a roadside drain?
Yes, that is ഓട (oda), a gutter or drain, never a moat.