Sluice in Malayalam
A sluice is നീരോടി (neerodi), the channel that carries water into or out of a field. In Kuttanad and other paddy country the word is part of daily farm vocabulary. It is built on the word for water.
Most common translation
Water channel, sluice.
പാടത്തേക്ക് വെള്ളം എത്തുന്നത് നീരോടിയിലൂടെയാണ്.
padathekku vellam ethunnathu neerodiyiloodeyanu.
Water reaches the field through the channel.
All Malayalam words for “sluice”
- നീരോടി (neerodi) — Water channel, sluice.
- നാളം (naalam) — Pipe, tube, sluice, stem (hollow).
നാളം (naalam) is a pipe or hollow tube that can act as a sluice, so it names the conduit rather than the water channel with its gate.
Common questions
How do you say sluice in Malayalam?
നീരോടി (neerodi), the channel through which water is let in or out.
Is there a word for the sluice gate itself?
Farmers usually say the word for shutter or gate after നീരോടി (neerodi); the gate is not named by a separate single word here.