ރާދަ

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Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit राजन् (rā́jan) or Pali rājan. Doublet of ރަދުން (radun̊)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ރާދަ (rāda)

  1. of royal lineage, of royal blood, royal

Further reading

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރާދަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 202