ބައްޕަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Cognate with Sinhalese බප (bapa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʔ.pa/, [bäp̚.pä]
• Hyphenation: ބައް‧ޕަ

Noun

ބައްޕަ • (bappa) (plural ބައްޕަތައް (bappatak̊))

1. father

Synonyms

• އައްޕަ (appa)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބައްޕަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 28