Inherited from Sanskrit दण्डक (daṇḍaka). Cognate to Sinhalese දඩය (daḍaya)
- IPA(key): /d̪a.ᶯɖu/, [d̪ä.ᶯɖu]
- Hyphenation: ދަ‧ނޑު
ދަނޑު • (daⁿḍu) (plural ދަނޑުތައް (daⁿḍutak̊))
- field
- Synonym: (Addu) ދަޑަ (daḍa)
- farm
- ground
- Synonyms: ބިން (bin̊), ދަރުނު (darunu)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ދަނޑު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 44