އައްޑޫ

Dhivehi

Etymology

From earlier 𑤀𑤘𑤾𑤘𑤳𑤩𑤳 (aḍḍuvu), 𑤀𑤖𑤾𑤝𑤳𑤩𑤳 (aṭduvu);^[1] equivalent to އަށް (aṣ̊, “eight”) +‎ ދޫ (dū, “island”).^[2]

In modern Dhivehi, this compound would be formed with the plural ދޫތައް (dūtak̊), but in Early Dhivehi, the bare noun stem can be used as a plural.^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʔ.ɖuː/, [äɖ̚.ɖuː]
Hyphenation: އައް‧ޑޫ

Proper noun

އައްޑޫ • (aḍḍū)

Addu (a city in the Maldives)
Addu (an atoll in the Maldives)

Descendants

→ English: Addu

References

^ Jost Gippert (2013) “An unusual account of the Miʿrāǧ”, in Elisabetta Raganin, Jens Wilkins, editors, Kutadgu Nom Bitig: Festschrift für Jens Peter Laut zum 60. Geburtstag (Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica; 87), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 176.
^ Amalia E. Gnanadesikan (2017) “Phonology and Writing System”, in Dhivehi: The Language of the Maldives (Mouton-CASL Grammar Series), number 3, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 36.
^ Sonja Fritz (2002) “Morphology”, in The Dhivehi language - a descriptive and historical grammar of Maldivian and its dialects (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung; 191), Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, page 69

[1] Jost Gippert (2013) “An unusual account of the Miʿrāǧ”, in Elisabetta Raganin, Jens Wilkins, editors, Kutadgu Nom Bitig: Festschrift für Jens Peter Laut zum 60. Geburtstag (Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica; 87), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 176.

[2] Amalia E. Gnanadesikan (2017) “Phonology and Writing System”, in Dhivehi: The Language of the Maldives (Mouton-CASL Grammar Series), number 3, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 36.

[3] Sonja Fritz (2002) “Morphology”, in The Dhivehi language - a descriptive and historical grammar of Maldivian and its dialects (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung; 191), Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, page 69

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