ދޯޅު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दोहद (dohada). Cognate to Sinhalese දොළ (doḷa). Doublet of ދޮޅު (doḷu)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪oː.ɭu/, [d̪oː.ɭu]
• Hyphenation: ދޯ‧ޅު

Noun

ދޯޅު • (dōḷu) (plural ދޯޅުތައް (dōḷutak̊))

1. a fatty substance lining the inside of endosperm of the coconut at the time of germinating

Adjective

ދޯޅު • (dōḷu) 

1. docile, domesticated, tame, amenable, broken, amicable, chummy, acquiescent
2. fond of, dear, attached to

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ދޯޅު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 58