ސުލުފު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sloep. Cognate to Sinhalese සුලුප්පුව (suluppuwa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪u.lu.fu/, [s̪u.lu.fu]
• Hyphenation: ސު‧ލު‧ފު

Noun

ސުލުފު • (sulufu) (plural ސުލުފުތައް (sulufutak̊))

1. (archaic) sloop

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސުލުފު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 227