ރޫފަ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ރޫހަ (rūha)
• ރޯހަ (rōha) — Fuvahmulah

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpa). Cognate with Sinhalese රුප (rupa), රුව (ruwa), රු (ru). Doublet of ރޫ (rū) and ރޫހަ (rūha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːfə/, [ɾuːfə]

Noun

ރޫފަ • (rūfa) (plural ރޫފަތައް (rūfatak̊))

1. form, shape, figure, appearance, semblance

References

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