ހައިބަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَيْبَة (hayba), via Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.i.ba/, [hä.i.bä]
• (Malé) IPA^(key): [hæː.bä]
• Hyphenation: ހަ‧އި‧ބަ

Adjective

ހައިބަ • (haiba) 

1. large, big, huge, enormous, immense, gigantic, colossal, mammoth

   Synonyms: ފުރަ (fura), ބޮޑު (boḍu), މެހެތި (meheti), މަހާ (mahā)

Noun

ހައިބަ • (haiba) (plural ހައިބަތައް (haibatak̊))

1. grandeur, dignity, prestige

   Synonyms: އަބުރު (aburu), ފުރަމާނަ (furamāna)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހައިބަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 109