ލޭ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

  • ލެއި (lei) — Addu Dhivehi, Mulaku Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅 (lohia), from Sanskrit लोहित (lóhita).[1] Cognate with Sinhalese ලේ (lē).

Noun

ލޭ • (lē) (plural ލޭތައް)[2][3]

  1. blood

Derived terms

  • ހާދަ ލޭ ކެކޭ ކުޅުމެކް (hāda lē kekē kuḷumek̊)
  • ލޭ ބޯ ފަނި (lē bō fani)
  • ލޭ ކެކެނީ (lē kekenī)
  • ލޭ ލަނީ (lē lanī)
  • ލޭހޮޅި (lēhoḷi)
  • ލޭނާރު (lēnāru)
  • ލޭކަރުނަ (lēkaruna)

References

More information
  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lṓhita”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 660: “Md. lē 'blood' … Md. lei, lē”
  2. ^ Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ލޭ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 156
  3. ^ Reynolds, Christopher Hanby Baillie (2003) “ލެއި - ލޭ”, in A Maldivian Dictionary, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE: RoutledgeCurzon, page 332
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