Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sanskrit बुध (budha, “Mercury”), from which बुधवार (budhavāra) is derived.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /bu.d̪a/, [bu.d̪ä]
- Hyphenation: ބު‧ދަ
ބުދަ • (buda) (plural ބުދަތައް (budatak̊))
- Wednesday
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުދަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 38