ސިންގާ

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Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha). Cognate to Sinhalese සිංහයා (siṁhayā). Doublet of ސިންހަ (sin̊ha)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /s̺in̪.ɡaː/, [s̺in̪.ɡaː]
  • Hyphenation: ސިން‧ގާ

Noun

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ސިންގާ (sin̊gā) (plural ސިންގާތައް (sin̊gātak̊))

  1. lion

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސިންގާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 225