ގަޑި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian غر (“hour; watch; clock”). Cognate to Urdu غَرِی (ġarī, “a clock; a watch”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡə.ɖi/, [ɡə.ɖi]
• Hyphenation: ގަ‧ޑި

Noun

ގަޑި • (gaḍi) (plural ގަޑިތައް (gaḍitak̊))

1. clock, watch, time-piece
2. time
3. hour

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގަޑި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 95