އާއި

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit सह (saha). Cognate to Sinhalese හා (hā, “with”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əː.i/, [əː.i]
  • Hyphenation: އާ‧އި

Conjunction

އާއި • (āi)

  1. and, added to, with, plus
    Synonym: އަދި (adi)

References

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އާއި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 3

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