Dhivehi
- (Fulahmulah and Addu Atoll) ސާބުން (sābun̊)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn), via Persian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s̺a.i.boː.n̪i/, [s̺ä.i.boː.n̪i]
- (Malé) IPA(key): [s̺æː.boː.n̪i]
- Hyphenation: ސަ‧އި‧ބޯ‧ނި
Noun
ސައިބޯނި • (saibōni) (plural ސައިބޯނިތައް)
- soap
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސައިބޯނި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 216