ތޭވީސް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali tevīsa, from Sanskrit त्रयोविंशति (trayoviṃśati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪eːʋiːs̺/

Numeral

ތޭވީސް • (tēvīs)

1. twenty-three

   Synonyms: އެކުނިފައްސިހި (ekunifassihi), (duodecimal) ދޮޅަސްއެކޮޅަސް (doḷasekoḷas)

Further reading

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ތޭވީސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 236