ރާހަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रहस् (rahas). Cognate to Sinhalese රහස (rahasa). Doublet of ރަހާ (rahā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾaː.ha/, [ɾaː.hä]
• Hyphenation: ރާ‧ހަ

Noun

ރާހަ • (rāha) (plural ރާހަތައް (rāhatak̊))

1. (archaic) concealment, covertness, secrecy

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރާހަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 203