Dhivehi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa). Cognate with Sinhalese රුක (ruka)
Pronunciation
Noun
ރުއް • (ruk̊) (plural ރުއްތައް)
- palm tree
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރުއް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 211