ބޯސްމާނު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English boatswain or Dutch bootsman

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /boːs̺.maː.n̪u/, [boːs̺.maː.n̪u]
  • Hyphenation: ބޯސް‧މާ‧ނު

Noun[edit]

ބޯސްމާނު • (bōsmānu) (plural ބޯސްމާނުތައް (bōsmānutak̊))

  1. boatswain

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބޯސްމާނު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 36
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