ފުޅާ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ފުޅައު (fuḷau)
• ފެޅޫ (feḷū) – Mulaku

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पृथुल (pṛthula). Cognate to Sinhalese පළළ් (paḷaḷ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu.ɭaː/, [fu.ɭaː]
• Hyphenation: ފު‧ޅާ

Adjective

ފުޅާ • (fuḷā) 

1. wide, broad, expansive

Noun

ފުޅާ • (fuḷā) (plural ފުޅާތައް (fuḷātak̊))

1. wobble, unevenness

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފުޅާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 88