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In reference to the Maratha Ditch.

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dīkaz Proto-West Germanic *dīk Old English dīċ Middle English dich English ditch From Middle English dich, from Old English dīċ (“trench, moat”) from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Swedish dike, Icelandic díki, West Frisian dyk (“dam”), Dutch dijk (“dam”), German Teich (“pond”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dheygw- (“to stick, set up”) (compare Latin fīgō (“to affix, fasten”), Lithuanian diegti (“to prick; plant”), dýgsti (“to geminate, grow”)). Doublet of dike.

From earlier deche, from Middle English dechen, from Old English dēcan (“to smear, plaster, daub”). More at deech.

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: hendek — trench
• Southern Altai: ондук (onduk) — trench
• Southern Altai: казынты (kazïntï) — trench
• Arabic: خَنْدَق (ḵandaq) — trench
• Arabic: أُخْدُود (ʔuḵdūd) — trench
• Arabic: قَنَال (qanāl) — trench
• Arabic: قَنَاة (qanāh) — trench
• Arabic: خندق (ḵandaʔ) — trench
• Aragonese: franxe — trench
• Armenian: փոս (pʻos) — trench
• Armenian: խրամ (xram) — trench
• Aromanian: hãndac — trench
• Aromanian: fusati — trench
• Aromanian: avlachi — trench
• Assamese: খাৱৈ (khawoi) — trench
• Assamese: গাঁত (gãt) — trench
• Avar: хандакъ (xandaqxʼ) — trench
• Azerbaijani: xəndək — trench
• Belarusian: кана́ва (kanáva) — trench
• Belarusian: роў (row) — trench
• Belarusian: траншэ́я (tranšéja) — trench
• Bulgarian: кана́вка (kanávka) — trench
• Bulgarian: транше́я (tranšéja) — trench
• Bulgarian: ров (rov) — trench
• Burmese: မြောင်း (mraung:) — trench
• Catalan: séquia — trench
• Catalan: rasa — trench
• Chinese Mandarin: 水溝 /水沟 (shuǐgōu) — trench
• Chinese Mandarin: 溝渠 /沟渠 (gōuqú) — trench
• Chinese Mandarin: 渠 (qú) — trench
• Czech: příkop — trench
• Danish: grav — trench
• Danish: rende — trench
• Dutch: sloot — trench
• Dutch: greppel — trench
• Esperanto: fluejo — trench
• Estonian: kraav — trench
• Finnish: oja — trench
• Finnish: kanava — trench
• French: fossé — trench
• French: tranchée — trench
• French: rigole — trench
• Friulian: fuesse — trench
• Galician: rego — trench
• Galician: suco — trench
• Galician: gabia — trench
• Georgian: თხრილი (txrili) — trench
• Georgian: გუბი (gubi) — trench
• German: Graben — trench
• German: Schanze — trench
• Gothic: 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 (graba) — trench
• Greek: χαντάκι (chantáki) — trench
• Greek: τάφρος (táfros) — trench
• Greek: αυλάκι (avláki) — trench
• Ancient Greek: τάφρος (táphros) — trench
• Ancient Greek: αὐλάκιον (aulákion) — trench
• Gujarati: ખાડો (khāḍo) — trench
• Hebrew: חֲפִיר (khafír) — trench
• Hebrew: תְּעָלָה (te'ala) — trench
• Hindi: खाई (khāī) — trench
• Hindi: नाली (nālī) — trench
• Hindi: गड्ढा (gaḍḍhā) — trench
• Hungarian: árok — trench
• Hungarian: sáncárok — trench
• Icelandic: skurður — trench
• Icelandic: síki — trench
• Icelandic: díki — trench
• Icelandic: gröftur — trench
• Icelandic: gröf — trench
• Indonesian: parit — trench
• Ingrian: kanava — trench
• Ingrian: oja — trench
• Irish: díog — trench
• Italian: fossato — trench
• Italian: trincea — trench
• Italian: canale — trench
• Italian: canalone — trench
• Italian: canale di scarico — trench
• Italian: affossamento — trench
• Italian: fosso — trench
• Japanese: 側溝 (sokkō) — trench
• Javanese: kalèn — trench
• Khmer: ប្រឡាយ (prɑɑlaay) — trench
• Kikuyu: mũkaro — trench
• Korean: 도랑 (dorang) — trench
• Kumyk: татавул (tatawul) — trench
• Kumyk: канав (kanaw) — trench
• Kumyk: ханав (xanaw) — trench
• Central Kurdish: خەندەک (xendek) — trench
• Central Kurdish: خەندەق (xendeq) — trench
• Northern Kurdish: co — trench
• Northern Kurdish: cihok — trench
• Northern Kurdish: xendek — trench
• Northern Kurdish: xendeq — trench
• Lao: ຄູ (khū) — trench
• Lao: ຕະຄອງ (ta khǭng) — trench
• Latin: fossa — trench
• Latin: canālis — trench
• Latin: scrobis — trench
• Latin: ēlix — trench
• Latvian: grāvis — trench
• Lithuanian: griovys — trench
• Luxembourgish: Gruef — trench
• Macedonian: ров (rov) — trench
• Macedonian: ендек (endek) — trench
• Māori: waikeri — trench
• Nepali: खाई (khāī) — trench
• Norwegian Bokmål: grøft — trench
• Church Slavic: ровъ (rovŭ) — trench
• Old East Slavic: ровъ (rovŭ) — trench
• Persian: گودال (gowdâl) — trench
• Persian: فرگن (fargan) — trench
• Plautdietsch: Growen — trench
• Polish: rów — trench
• Portuguese: fosso — trench
• Portuguese: trincheira — trench
• Portuguese: vala — trench
• Romanian: șanț — trench
• Russian: кана́ва (kanáva) — trench
• Russian: транше́я (tranšéja) — trench
• Russian: ров (rov) — trench
• Russian: кюве́т (kjuvét) — trench
• Scots: sheuch — trench
• Scottish Gaelic: dìg — trench
• Scottish Gaelic: clais — trench
• Serbo-Croatian: ро̏в — trench
• Serbo-Croatian: ја́рак — trench
• Serbo-Croatian: rȍv — trench
• Serbo-Croatian: járak — trench
• Slovak: priekopa — trench
• Slovak: jarok — trench
• Slovak: kanál — trench
• Slovene: jarek — trench
• Slovene: grapa — trench
• Spanish: foso — trench
• Spanish: surco — trench
• Spanish: zanja — trench
• Spanish: trinchera — trench
• Spanish: acequia — trench
• Spanish: cuneta — trench
• Swahili: handaki — trench
• Swedish: dike — trench
• Tabasaran: хандакӏ (ꭓandaḳ) — trench
• Tagalog: sangka — trench
• Tajik: хандақ (xandaq) — trench
• Tarifit: tarya — trench
• Telugu: అగడ్త (agaḍta) — trench
• Thai: คู (kuu) — trench
• Thai: คูน้ํา (kuu náam) — trench
• Tibetan: ས་ཤུར (sa shur) — trench
• Turkish: hendek — trench
• Ottoman Turkish: خندق (hendek) — trench
• Ottoman Turkish: آرق (ark) — trench
• Ottoman Turkish: جدول (cedvel) — trench
• Ukrainian: рів (riv) — trench
• Ukrainian: кана́ва (kanáva) — trench
• Ukrainian: транше́я (tranšéja) — trench
• Uzbek: xandaq — trench
• Vietnamese: hào — trench
• Vietnamese: rãnh — trench
• Vietnamese: mương — trench
• Volapük: söp — trench
• Welsh: ffos — trench
• Zazaki: hendeg — trench
• Bulgarian: изхвърлям (izhvǎrljam) — to abandon
• Catalan: descartar — to abandon
• Catalan: abandonar — to abandon
• Dutch: zich ontdoen van — to abandon
• Esperanto: forlasi — to abandon
• Finnish: hylätä — to abandon
• Finnish: jättää — to abandon
• Finnish: heittää menemään — to abandon
• French: se débarrasser de — to abandon
• French: laisser tomber — to abandon
• French: larguer — to abandon
• French: abandonner — to abandon
• German: entledigen — to abandon
• German: verlassen — to abandon
• German: wegwerfen — to abandon
• Italian: dismettere — to abandon
• Italian: riporre — to abandon
• Italian: mettere via — to abandon
• Latin: dēserō — to abandon
• Russian: броса́ть (brosátʹ) — to abandon
• Russian: бро́сить (brósitʹ) — to abandon
• Serbo-Croatian: otarasiti se — to abandon
• Serbo-Croatian: odbaciti — to abandon
• Serbo-Croatian: riješiti se — to abandon
• Serbo-Croatian: kurtalisati se — to abandon
• Slovak: zbaviť sa — to abandon
• Slovak: opustiť — to abandon
• Slovak: potopiť — to abandon
• Spanish: dejar — to abandon
• Spanish: abandonar — to abandon
• Swedish: överge — to abandon
• Swedish: skrota — to abandon
• Swedish: lämna — to abandon
• Finnish: tehdä pakkolasku mereen — to crash-land on the sea
• German: notwassern — to crash-land on the sea
• Italian: ammarare — to crash-land on the sea
• Serbo-Croatian: strovaliti se u more — to crash-land on the sea
• Catalan: fer campana — to play hookey
• Catalan: fer safrà — to play hookey
• Catalan: anar al safrà — to play hookey
• Catalan: fer fugina — to play hookey
• Finnish: lintsata — to play hookey
• French: faire l'école buissonnière — to play hookey
• French: sécher — to play hookey
• German: schwänzen — to play hookey
• Norwegian: skulke — to play hookey
• Portuguese: cabular aula — to play hookey
• Portuguese: matar aula — to play hookey
• Swedish: skolka — to play hookey
• Swedish: skubba — to play hookey
• Bulgarian: копая канавка (kopaja kanavka) — to dig ditches
• Finnish: ojittaa — to dig ditches
• Russian: окапывать (okapyvatʹ) — to dig ditches
• Serbo-Croatian: jaružati — to dig ditches
• Serbo-Croatian: kopati kanal — to dig ditches
• Swedish: dika — to dig ditches