Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit रज्जु (rajju, “a rope, cord, string, line”). Cognate to Sinhalese රදය (radaya, “cord, string, rope”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɾo.d̪i/, [ɾo.d̪i]
- Hyphenation: ރޮ‧ދި
ރޮދި • (rodi) (plural ރޮދިތައް (roditak̊))
- cord, string, thread
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރޮދި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 210
