ބިސް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit बीज (bīja, “seed”). Cognate with Sinhalese බිජ්ජ (bijja)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bis̺/, [bis̺]

Noun

ބިސް • (bis) (plural ބިސްތައް)

  1. egg
  2. roe

Derived terms

  • ބިހު ގޮބޮޅި (bihu goboḷi)
  • ބިސވަޅު (bisvaḷu)
  • ބިސގަނޑު (bisgaⁿḍu)
  • ބިސްވަރި (bisvari)
  • ކިރު ބިސް (kiru bis)
  • ފޮނި ބިސް (foni bis)
  • ދޮން ބިސް (don̊ bis)

References

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބިސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 35
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