Maldivian

English

Alternative forms

• Maldivan

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Maldives

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānusbor.

English -ian

English Maldivian

From Maldives + -ian.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

Maldivian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Maldives, the Maldivian people or the Maldivian language.

Translations

Of, from, or pertaining to the Maldives, the Maldivian people or the Maldivian language

• Afrikaans: Maledivies
• Asturian: maldivianu (ast)
• Bengali: মালদ্বীপীয় (bn) (maldipiẏo)
• Czech: maledivský (cs)
• Dutch: Maldivisch (nl), Maledivisch (nl)
• Galician: maldivano (gl)
• German: maledivisch (de)
• Hindi: मालदीवी (māldīvī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maldivisk

  Nynorsk: maldivisk (nn)

• Polish: malediwski (pl)
• Portuguese: maldivo m
• Romanian: maldivian
• Spanish: maldivo (es)
• Swedish: maldivisk (sv)

Noun

Maldivian (countable and uncountable, plural Maldivians)

1. (countable) A person from the Maldives or of Maldivian descent.
2. (uncountable) The official language of the Maldives.

   Synonym: Dhivehi

Translations

person

• Afrikaans: Malediver
• Asturian: maldivianu (ast) m, maldiviana (ast) f
• Bengali: মালদ্বীপীয় (bn) (maldipiẏo)
• Czech: Maledivan (cs) m, Maledivec (cs) m
• Danish: maldiver
• Dutch: Malediviër (nl) m, Maledivische (nl) f, Maldiviër (nl) m, Maldivische (nl) f
• Esperanto: maldivano (man or woman), maldivanino (woman)
• French: Maldivien (fr) m, Maldivais m, Maldivois (less frequent)
• Galician: maldivano (gl) m
• German: Malediver (de) m, Malediverin (de) f
• Hindi: मालदीवी m or f (māldīvī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: maldiver m

  Nynorsk: maldiv (nn) m, maldivar (nn) m

• Polish: Malediwczyk (pl) m, Malediwka (pl) f
• Portuguese: maldivo m
• Romanian: maldivian m, maldiviană f
• Spanish: maldivo (es) m
• Swedish: maldivier (sv) c

language — see Dhivehi