އަބަޔަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभय (abhaya). Cognate to Sinhalese අබය (abaya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba.ja/, [ä.bä.jä]
• Hyphenation: އަ‧ބަ‧ޔަ

Noun

އަބަޔަ • (abaya) (plural އަބަޔަތައް (abayatak̊)) (archaic)

1. fearless, courageous, brave, bold, valiant, gallant

   Synonym: ދިލާވަރު (dilāvaru)

2. undaunted

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަބަޔަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 5