އާދިފަތި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit आधिपत्य (ādhipatya). Cognate to Sinhalese ආධිපට්‍ය (ādhipaṭya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː.d̪i.fa.t̪i/, [aː.d̪i.fä.t̪i]
• Hyphenation: އާ‧ދި‧ފަ‧ތި

Noun

އާދިފަތި • (ādifati) (plural އާދިފަތިތައް (ādifatitak̊))

1. (archaic) master, owner, chief ruler, lord, sovereign

   Synonym: ރަޖަ (raja)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އާދިފަތި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 2