Tank in Malayalam
കുളം (kulam) is the tank of Indian English: the walled pond beside a house or temple where people bathe and draw water. നീരാഴി (neerazhi) is the bathing tank of a palace or temple and തടാകം (thadakam) a larger sheet of water.
Most common translation
Pond, pool, tank.
വീടിന് പിന്നിൽ ഒരു ചെറിയ കുളം ഉണ്ട്.
veedinu pinnil oru cheriya kulam undu
There is a small pond behind the house.
All Malayalam words for “tank”
- കുളം (kulam) — Pond, pool, tank.
- തടാകം (thadakam) — Lake, large tank or pool, lagoon.
- നീരാഴി (neerazhi) — Bathing tank(esp. of a palace or temple).
- പൊട്ടക്കുളം (pottakkulam) — A waterless tank, a tank in ruins.
None of these covers a storage tank or an armoured vehicle, for which Kerala uses the English word. പൊട്ടക്കുളം (pottakkulam) is a tank gone dry or fallen into ruin.
Common questions
How do you say tank in Malayalam?
കുളം (kulam), for a water tank or pond.
What do you call a temple tank?
നീരാഴി (neerazhi), the bathing tank attached to a temple or a palace.