އުއި

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• އޫ (ū) – Addu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra). Cognate to Sinhalese හුය (huya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.i/, [u.i]
• Hyphenation: އު‧އި

Noun

އުއި • (ui) (plural އުއިތައް (uitak̊))

1. cotton
2. yard, strand

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އުއި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 243