މެހެތި

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• މަހެތި (maheti)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit महत्त्व (mahattva, “great size or extent, magnitude”). Cognate to Sinhalese මහත (mahata, “bulk, size, magnitude”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.he.t̪i/, [me.he.t̪i]
• Hyphenation: މެ‧ހެ‧ތި

Adjective

މެހެތި • (meheti)  (archaic)

1. fat, obese, stout, corpulent, portly, rotund

   Synonyms: ފޮއް (fok̊), މޮޓަ (moṭa)

2. bulky, massive
3. big, large

   Synonyms: ބޮޑު (boḍu), ފުރަ (fura), ހައިބަ (haiba), މަހާ (mahā)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މެހެތި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 172