ރާހި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit राशि (rāśí). Cognate to Sinhalese රාෂි (rāṣi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾəː.hi/, [ɾəː.hi]
• Hyphenation: ރާ‧ހި

Noun

ރާހި • (rāhi) (plural ރާހިތައް (rāhitak̊))

1. astrological sign, zodiac sign

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރާހި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 203