ބާކީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بَاقِی (bâqi). Cognate to Urdu بَاقِی (bāqī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.kiː/, [baː.kiː]
• Hyphenation: ބާ‧ކީ

Noun

ބާކީ • (bākī) (plural ބާކީތައް (bākītak̊))

1. remainder, rest, balance, residue, residuum, remnant, surplus

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބާކީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 22