ފުރޭތަ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ފުރޭތި (furēti)
• ފެރޭތަ (ferēta) – Mulaku, Addu

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रेत (preta). Cognate to Sinhalese ප්රේත (prēta)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ɾeː.t̪a/, [fu.ɾeː.t̪ä]
• Hyphenation: ފު‧ރޭ‧ތަ

Noun

ފުރޭތަ • (furēta) (plural ފުރޭތަތައް (furētatak̊))

1. ghost, phantom, phantasm, apparition, wraith, spook
2. an evil being, especially animating the dead

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފުރޭތަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 92