ރޫހަ

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːhə/, [ɾuːhə]

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa). Cognate with Sinhalese රූප (rūpa), රූපය (rūpaya), රුව (ruwa), රූ (rū). Doublet of ރޫ (rū) and ރޫފަ (rūfa).

Noun

ރޫހަ • (rūha)

1. name of a devi that could appear in any form, when incantations are recited, or supplications made.

Etymology 2

Noun

ރޫހަ • (rūha) (plural ރޫހަތައް (rūhatak̊))

1. Alternative form of ރޫފަ (rūfa, “form, shape”)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރޫހަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 211