ލަންދޭސި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sinhalese ලන්දේසි (landēsi), a contraction of ඕලන්දදේසි (ōlandadēsi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lan̪.d̪eː.s̪i/, [län̪.d̪eː.s̪i]
• Hyphenation: ލަން‧ދޭ‧ސި

Noun

ލަންދޭސި • (lan̊dēsi) (plural ލަންދޭސީން)

1. a Dutchman, Hollander

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ލަންދޭސި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 155