ފިލާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पल्लव (pallava, “a sprout, shoot, twig, spray, bud, blossom”). Cognate to Sinhalese පල්ල (palla, “bud”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.laː/, [fi.laː]
• Hyphenation: ފި‧ލާ

Noun

ފިލާ • (filā) (plural ފިލާތައް (filātak̊))

1. (archaic) plants that grow high, trees

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފިލާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 82