އީޓު
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Dhivehi
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Borrowed from Middle Hindi اینٹ (aynṭ /ī̃ṭ/), Old Marathi 𑘃𑘘 (īṭa) or Middle Gujarati ईट.[1] Cognate with Sinhalese උළු (uḷu).
Pronunciation
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[edit]އީޓު • (īṭu) (plural އީޓުތައް (īṭutak̊))[2][3]
References
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- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “íṣṭakā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 72: “Md. īṭ 'tile' ← Ind. (cf. H. M. īṭ)”
- ^ Reynolds, Christopher Hanby Baillie (2003) “އީޓު”, in A Maldivian Dictionary, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE: RoutledgeCurzon, page 34
- ^ Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އީތު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 84
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- Dhivehi terms derived from Old Marathi
- Dhivehi terms borrowed from Middle Gujarati
- Dhivehi terms derived from Prakrit
- Dhivehi terms derived from Maharastri Prakrit
- Dhivehi terms derived from Middle Gujarati
- Dhivehi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Dhivehi terms borrowed from Old Marathi
- Dhivehi terms borrowed from Middle Hindi
- Dhivehi terms derived from Middle Hindi
- Dhivehi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dhivehi lemmas
- Dhivehi nouns
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