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Borrowed from Tamil பங்கு (paṅku). Cognate to Sinhalese පඟු (paⁿgu)
- IPA(key): /fa.ᵑɡu/, [fä.ᵑɡu]
- Hyphenation: ފަ‧ނގު
ފަނގު • (faⁿgu) (plural ފަނގުތައް (faⁿgutak̊))
- share or division of cultivated land
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފަނގު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 69