ތޭވީސް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Pali tevīsa, from Sanskrit त्रयोविंशति (trayoviṃśati).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪eːʋiːs̺/

Numeral

ތޭވީސް • (tēvīs)

  1. twenty-three
    Synonyms: އެކުނިފައްސިހި (ekunifassihi), (duodecimal) ދޮޅަސްއެކޮޅަސް (doḷasekoḷas)

Further reading

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ތޭވީސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 236
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