ބުދަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुध (budha, “Mercury”), from which बुधवार (budhavāra) is derived.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.d̪a/, [bu.d̪ä]
• Hyphenation: ބު‧ދަ

Noun

ބުދަ • (buda) (plural ބުދަތައް (budatak̊))

1. Wednesday

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުދަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 38