ސިންގާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha). Cognate to Sinhalese සිංහයා (siṁhayā). Doublet of ސިންހަ (sin̊ha)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺in̪.ɡaː/, [s̺in̪.ɡaː]
• Hyphenation: ސިން‧ގާ

Noun

ސިންގާ • (sin̊gā) (plural ސިންގާތައް (sin̊gātak̊))

1. lion

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސިންގާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 225