މޭދާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेधा (medhā). Cognate to Sinhalese මෙධා (medhā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meː.d̪aː/, [meː.d̪aː]
• Hyphenation: މޭ‧ދާ

Noun

މޭދާ • (mēdā) (plural މޭދާތައް (mēdātak̊))

1. (archaic) comprehension, perception, understanding

   Synonyms: ބުއްދި (buddi), ފަހުމު (fahumu), ސާސްތުރަ (sāstura)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މޭދާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 173