ސައިބޯނި

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Dhivehi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), via Persian

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /s̺a.i.boː.n̪i/, [s̺ä.i.boː.n̪i]
  • (Malé) IPA(key): [s̺æː.boː.n̪i]
  • Hyphenation: ސަ‧އި‧ބޯ‧ނި

Noun

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ސައިބޯނި (saibōni) (plural ސައިބޯނިތައް (saibōnitak̊))

  1. soap

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސައިބޯނި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 216