ގާ

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Dhivehi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Suffix[edit]

ގާ • (-gā)

  1. in, on
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Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit गिरि (giri, “a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground”). Cognate to Sinhalese ගල (gala). Doublet of ގަލާ (galā) and ގިރި (giri)

Noun[edit]

ގާ • (gā) (plural ގާތައް (gātak̊))

  1. stone, rock
    Synonym: ހިލަ (hila)
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References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 94
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