ސުލުފު

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Dhivehi

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch sloep. Cognate to Sinhalese සුලුප්පුව (suluppuwa)

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /s̪u.lu.fu/, [s̪u.lu.fu]
  • Hyphenation: ސު‧ލު‧ފު

Noun

[edit]

ސުލުފު (sulufu) (plural ސުލުފުތައް (sulufutak̊))

  1. (archaic) sloop

References

[edit]
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސުލުފު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 227