Inherited from Sanskrit तल (tala). Cognate with Sinhalese තල (tala)
ތާލު • (tālu)
- musical time
- timing, beat, rhythm
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ތާލު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 230