ހުޅު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /huɭu/, [huɭu]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

ހުޅު • (huḷu)

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

Alternative forms[edit]

ސުޅި (suḷi)
ސުޅު (suḷu)

Derived terms[edit]

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

References[edit]

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[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

ހުޅު • (huḷu)

References[edit]

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

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