މުއްތު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil முத்து (muttu, “the person who was brought to Malé along with the horses in the reign of Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʔ.t̪u/, [mut̪.t̪u]
• Hyphenation: މުއް‧ތު

Noun

މުއްތު • (muttu) (plural މުއްތުތައް (muttutak̊))

1. stable-man, stable-boy, ostler, hostler

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މުއްތު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 183