އަށާޅީސް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अष्टचत्वारिंशत् (aṣṭacatvāriṃśat). Cognate with Sinhalese අටසාළිස (aṭasāḷisa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əʂəːɭiːs̺/, [əʂəːɭiːs̺]

Numeral

އަށާޅީސް • (aṣāḷīs)

1. forty-eight

   Synonyms: (duodecimal) ފަނަސް (fanas), ސާޅީސްއަށެއް (sāḷīsaṣek̊)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަށާޅީސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 17