Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit पल्लव (pallava, “a sprout, shoot, twig, spray, bud, blossom”). Cognate to Sinhalese පල්ල (palla, “bud”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /fi.laː/, [fi.laː]
- Hyphenation: ފި‧ލާ
ފިލާ • (filā) (plural ފިލާތައް (filātak̊))
- (archaic) plants that grow high, trees
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފިލާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 82
