ކިނބޫ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कुम्बीर (kumbīra). Cognate to Sinhalese කිඹුල් (kiᵐbul)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ᵐbuː/, [ki.ᵐbuː]
• Hyphenation: ކި‧ނބޫ

Noun

ކިނބޫ • (kiᵐbū) (plural ކިނބޫތައް (kiᵐbūtak̊))

1. crocodile, gavial, alligator

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކިނބޫ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 144