ހައިބަ

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic هَيْبَة (hayba), via Persian

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ha.i.ba/, [hä.i.bä]
  • (Malé) IPA(key): [hæː.bä]
  • Hyphenation: ހަ‧އި‧ބަ

Adjective[edit]

ހައިބަ • (haiba) 

  1. large, big, huge, enormous, immense, gigantic, colossal, mammoth
    Synonyms: ފުރަ (fura), ބޮޑު (boḍu), މެހެތި (meheti), މަހާ (mahā)

Noun[edit]

ހައިބަ • (haiba) (plural ހައިބަތައް (haibatak̊))

  1. grandeur, dignity, prestige
    Synonyms: އަބުރު (aburu), ފުރަމާނަ (furamāna)

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހައިބަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 109
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