ގޮވި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गोप (gopa). Cognate to Sinhalese ගොවුවා (gowuwā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.ʋi/, [ɡo.vi]
• Hyphenation: ގޮ‧ވި

Noun

ގޮވި • (govi) (plural ގޮވިތައް (govitak̊))

1. herdsman, cattleman, stockman, shepherd

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގޮވި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 103