ބައި

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Sanskrit भाग (bhāga). Cognate with Sinhalese බාග (bāga), බා (bā). Doublet of ބާގަ (bāga) and ބެއި (bei).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəi/, [bæː]

Noun

ބައި • (bai) (plural ބައިތައް (baitak̊))

1. share
2. part, portion
3. allotment
4. moiety
5. half; fraction, division

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބައި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 26