ސައިބޯނި

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• (Fulahmulah and Addu Atoll) ސާބުން (sābun̊)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), via Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺a.i.boː.n̪i/, [s̺ä.i.boː.n̪i]
• (Malé) IPA^(key): [s̺æː.boː.n̪i]
• Hyphenation: ސަ‧އި‧ބޯ‧ނި

Noun

ސައިބޯނި • (saibōni) (plural ސައިބޯނިތައް (saibōnitak̊))

1. soap

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސައިބޯނި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 216