ކަތީބު

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Arabic خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb), via Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.t̪iː.bu/, [kä.t̪iː.bu]
• Hyphenation: ކަ‧ތީ‧ބު

Noun

ކަތީބު • (katību) (plural ކަތީބުތައް (katībutak̊))

1. prayer leader on an inhabited island
2. chief administrative officer (of an inhabited island), island chief

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަތީބު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 158