ޗާބީ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ޗާވީ (cāvī) — Minicoy

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चाबी (cābī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaː.biː/, [t͡ʃaː.biː]
• Hyphenation: ޗާ‧ބީ

Noun

ޗާބީ • (cābī) (plural ޗާބީތައް (cābītak̊))

1. winder, crank, handle

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ޗާބީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 41