މާލިމީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil மாலிம (mālima). Cognate to Sinhalese මාලිමයා (mālimayā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.li.miː/, [maː.li.miː]
• Hyphenation: މާ‧ލި‧މީ

Noun

މާލިމީ • (mālimī) (plural މާލިމީތައް (mālimītak̊))

1. captain of a vessel
2. navigator of a vessel
3. navigator, captain
4. pilot

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މާލިމީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 161