ކޮށި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “a granary, store-room, a treasure, an inner apartment, hollow in a tree”). Cognate to Sinhalese කොටුව (koṭuwa, “enclosure, fortress, castle”) and Urdu کوتھَرِ (kothrī, “a small room, a cabin; a closet”). Doublet of ކޮޓަރި (koṭari), ކޮށާރު (koṣāru), ކޮޑި (koḍi), ކޯއްޓޭ (kōṭṭē), and ކޮޓި (koṭi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ʂi/, [ko.ʂi]
• Hyphenation: ކޮ‧ށި

Noun

ކޮށި • (koṣi) (plural ކޮށިތައް (koṣitak̊))

1. pen, enclosure, cage, fold, paddock, corral

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކޮށި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 147