މުގު

Dhivehi

Etymology

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Sanskrit मु॒द्ग (mudgá)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀕𑁆𑀕 (mugga)

Dhivehi މުގު (mugu)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀕𑁆𑀕 (mugga), from Sanskrit मु॒द्ग (mudgá). Cognate to Sinhalese මුඟු (muⁿgu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ɡu/, [mu.ɡu]
• Hyphenation: މު‧ގު

Noun

މުގު • (mugu) (plural މުގުތައް (mugutak̊))

1. pulse, pea

Derived terms

• ނަސޫރުމުގު (nasūrumugu)
• ނޫމުގު (nūmugu)
• ރަތްމުގު (rat̊mugu)
• މަސޫރުމުގު (masūrumugu)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މުގު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 180