ގުރަނދަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha). Cognate to Sinhalese ග්‍රන්ථ (grantha)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡu.ɾa.ⁿd̪a/, [ɡu.ɾä.ⁿd̪ä]
• Hyphenation: ގު‧ރަ‧ނދަ

Noun

ގުރަނދަ • (guraⁿda) (plural ގުރަނދަތައް (guraⁿdatak̊)) (archaic)

1. metrical composition, poem, stanza

   Synonym: ކާ (kā)

2. ancestry, genealogy, lineage, pedigree

   Synonyms: މާތާޕިތާ (mātāpitā), ޖަދު (jadu), ވަންހަ (van̊ha)

3. (historical) official proclamation read by the aboonaa on the day of the coronation of a sultan

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގުރަނދަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 105