ކަހާ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ކަހުވަ (kahuva) — Minicoy

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कच्चू (kaccū). Cognate to Sinhalese කස් (kas)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.haː/, [kä.haː]
• Hyphenation: ކަ‧ހާ

Noun

ކަހާ • (kahā) (plural ކަހާތައް (kahātak̊))

1. water prepared for bathing the dead, jujube leaves prepared for such dissolution
2. (archaic) Alternative form of ކަސް (kas, “itch, scabies; pruritus”)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަހާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 134