ކާށި

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Dhivehi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit गरिका (garikā, “the kernel of a coconut”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kaː.ʂi/, [kaː.ʂi]
  • Hyphenation: ކާ‧ށި

Noun[edit]

ކާށި • (kāṣi) (plural ކާށިތައް (kāṣitak̊))

  1. mature fruit of a coconut
  2. kernel (of a coconut)

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކާށި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 132
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