ޒުވާބު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

ޖަވާބު (javābu)

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb), from Persian .

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [z̺uʋəːbu]

Noun[edit]

ޒުވާބު • (zuvābu) (plural ޒުވާބުތައް (zuvābutak̊))

argument, disputation, wrangle, bickering, quarrel

References[edit]

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ޒުވާބު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 261

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