މެހި

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• މޭހި (mēhi) — Mulaku

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मक्षिका (makṣikā). Cognate to Sinhalese මැස්ස (mæssa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.hi/, [me.hi]
• Hyphenation: މެ‧ހި

Noun

މެހި • (mehi) (plural މެހިތައް (mehitak̊))

1. fly, housefly

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މެހި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 172