ބެއި

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit भाग (bhāga). Cognate with Sinhalese බා (bā). Doublet of ބާގަ (bāga) and ބައި (bai).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ބެއި • (bei) (plural ބެއިތައް (beitak̊)) (archaic)

  1. share, portion, allotment, quota
  2. fraction, division

References[edit]

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބެއި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 32

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