Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya). Cognate to Sinhalese රන් (ran)
Pronunciation[edit]
ރަން • (ran̊) (plural ރަންތައް (ran̊tak̊))
- gold
Adjective[edit]
ރަން • (ran̊)
- golden
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރަން”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 206