ޖާތް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit जाति (jāti). Cognate to Sinhalese ජාත් (jāt)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaːt̪/, [d͡ʒæːʔ]

Noun

ޖާތް • (jāt̊) (plural ޖާތްތައް (jāt̊tak̊))

1. (India) kind, nature, class, type, sort

   Synonyms: ފަންތި (fan̊ti), ޒާތް (zāt̊)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ޖާތް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 260