ހުޅު

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huɭu/, [huɭu]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षुल्ल (kṣulla). Doublet of ސުޅު (suḷu)

Adjective

ހުޅު • (huḷu) 

1. (archaic) small, mini, little, lesser, inferior, minor

Alternative forms

• ސުޅި (suḷi)
• ސުޅު (suḷu)

Derived terms

• ހުޅުދޫ (huḷudū)
• ހުޅުލެ (huḷule)
• ހުޅުދެލި (huḷudeli)
• ހުޅުވާރުލު (huḷuvārulu)
• ހުޅިމެންދޫ (huḷimen̊dū)
• ހުޅުދޫ (huḷudū)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހުޅު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 122

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit चूड (cūḍa). Cognate with Sinhalese හුළු (huḷu, “torch, flambeau”). Doublet of އުޅި (uḷi)

Adjective

ހުޅު • (huḷu)

1. hinge
2. joint
3. flame, flambeau, torch

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހުޅު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 122