Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit याम (yāma, “a night-watch, period or watch of 3 hours”). Cognate to Sinhalese යම (yama, “watch (of the night)”)
Pronunciation[edit]
ދަން • (dan̊) (plural ދަންތައް (dan̊tak̊))
- watch, vigil
- (time) a period of three hours
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ދަން”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 48
