Dhivehi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit सिद्ध (siddha). Cognate to Sinhalese හෙද (heda). Doublet of ސިއްދަ (sidda) and ސިދެ (side)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hi.ⁿd̪u/, [hi.ⁿd̪u]
- Hyphenation: ހި‧ނދު
Noun
ހިނދު • (hiⁿdu) (plural ހިނދުތައް)
- time, moment, duration, while, meantime
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހިނދު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 116