އަށާވީސް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali aṭṭhavīsati, from Sanskrit अष्टाविंशति (aṣṭāviṃśati). Cognate with Sinhalese අටවිස්ස (aṭawissa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əs̺əːʋiːs̺/, [əs̺əːʋiːs̺]

Numeral

އަށާވީސް • (aṣāvīs)

1. twenty-eight

   Synonym: (duodecimal) ފައްސިހިހަތަރެއް (fassihihatarek̊)

Further reading

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަށާވީސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 17