ކޮޓި

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”). Doublet of ކޮޓަރި (koṭari), ކޮށާރު (koṣāru), ކޮޑި (koḍi), ކޮށި (koṣi), and ކޯއްޓޭ (kōṭṭē)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ކޮޓި • (koṭi) (plural ކޮޓިތައް (koṭitak̊))

1. enclosure, pen, cage, corral

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކޮޓި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 148