ރޫހަ

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Dhivehi

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ruːhə/, [ɾuːhə]

Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa). Cognate with Sinhalese රූප (rūpa), රූපය (rūpaya), රුව (ruwa), රූ (). Doublet of ރޫ () and ރޫފަ (rūfa).

Noun

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ރޫހަ (rūha)

  1. name of a devi that could appear in any form, when incantations are recited, or supplications made.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ރޫހަ (rūha) (plural ރޫހަތައް (rūhatak̊))

  1. Alternative form of ރޫފަ (rūfa, form, shape)

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރޫހަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 211