ޗާޕު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu چھاپَہ (chāpā).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ޗާޕު • (cāpu) (plural ޗާޕުތައް (cāputak̊))

1. printing, duplicating

Derived terms

• ޗާޕުކުރަނީ (cāpukuranī)
• ޗައްޕަނީ (cappanī) (Minicoy)

References

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