ކޯއްޓޭ

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 ކޮޓި (koṭi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːʔ.ʈeː/, [koːʈ.ʈeː]
• Hyphenation: ކޯއް‧ޓޭ

Noun

ކޯއްޓޭ • (kōṭṭē) (plural ކޯއްޓޭތައް (kōṭṭētak̊))

1. fortress, fort
2. citadel
3. rampart
4. A flagstaff made in two or more sections with crossbars

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކޯއްޓޭ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 146