Inherited from Sanskrit अट्टक (aṭṭaka). Cognate to Sinhalese අටුව (aṭuwa) and Pali aṭṭa
- IPA(key): /a.ʂi/, [ä.ʂi]
- Hyphenation: އަ‧ށި
އަށި • (aṣi) (plural އަށިތައް (aṣitak̊))
- seat
- stand, rack, shelf
- dais, platform
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަށި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 18