- ތަޅަ (taḷa) – Haddhunmathi
- ތަޅޮ (taḷo) – Addu
Inherited from Sanskrit ताल (tāla). Cognate to Hindi ताल (tāl)
- IPA(key): /t̪a.ɭu/, [t̪ä.ɭu]
- Hyphenation: ތަ‧ޅު
ތަޅު • (taḷu) (plural ތަޅުތައް (taḷutak̊))
- lock, padlock, mortise lock
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ތަޅު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 232