ގާ

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaː/, [ɡaː]

Etymology 1

Suffix

ގާ • (-gā)

  1. in, on
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit गिरि (giri, “a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground”). Cognate to Sinhalese ගල (gala). Doublet of ގަލާ (galā) and ގިރި (giri)

Noun

ގާ • (gā) (plural ގާތައް)

  1. stone, rock
    Synonym: ހިލަ (hila)
Alternative forms
  • ގައު (gau)
  • ގަލެ (gale) – Huvadhu
  • ގަލް (gal) – Mulaku

References

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 94
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