ބައްޕަ

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Sinhalese බප (bapa)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /baʔ.pa/, [bäp̚.pä]
Hyphenation: ބައް‧ޕަ

Noun[edit]

ބައްޕަ • (bappa) (plural ބައްޕަތައް (bappatak̊))

father

Synonyms[edit]

އައްޕަ (appa)

References[edit]

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބައްޕަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 28

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