ކުޅި
Appearance
Dhivehi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit कटु (kaṭu, “pungent, acrid, sharp”). Cognate to Sinhalese කුළු (kuḷu, “pungent, acrid”)
Adjective
[edit]ކުޅި • (kuḷi)
Alternative forms
[edit]- ކިޅި (kiḷi) – Addu
References
[edit]- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކުޅި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 150
Etymology 2
[edit]Probably borrowed from a Dravidian language.