އުސް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit उच्च (ucca). Cognate to Sinhalese උස් (us)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us̺/, [us̺]

Adjective

އުސް • (us) 

1. high, elevated, tall

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އުސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 244