ވާހަކަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वाचक (vācaka). Cognate to Sinhalese වාක්‍යය (wākyaya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋaː.ha.ka/, [waː.hä.kä]
• Hyphenation: ވާ‧ހަ‧ކަ

Noun

ވާހަކަ • (vāhaka) (plural ވާހަކަތައް (vāhakatak̊))

1. speech, oration, talk

   Synonym: ބަސް (bas)

2. conversation
3. parlance

   Synonym: ލަހުޖާ (lahujā)

4. story, fable, narrative, rumour

   Synonym: ކުވާ (kuvā)

5. saying, utterance

Derived terms

• ވާހަކަދައްކަނީ (vāhakadakkanī)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވާހަކަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 246