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Borrowed from Persian باز (bâz, “hawk, falcon”)
- IPA(key): /bəː.z̺u/, [bəː.z̺u]
- Hyphenation: ބާ‧ޒު
ބާޒު • (bāzu)
- eagle, vulture, buzzard
- Synonym: ރިޔަން (riyan̊)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބާޒު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 23