ސުބަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शुभ (śubha, “beautiful; pleasing”). Cognate to Sinhalese සුබ (suba)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺u.bə/, [s̺u.bə]
• Hyphenation: ސު‧ބަ

Noun

ސުބަ • (suba) (plural ސުބަތައް (subatak̊))

1. auspicious time, propitious time, favourable time
2. faultlessness, innocence, purity

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސުބަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 226