ސުލުފު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sloep. Cognate to Sinhalese සුලුප්පුව (suluppuwa)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪u.lu.fu/, [s̪u.lu.fu]
  • Hyphenation: ސު‧ލު‧ފު

Noun

ސުލުފު • (sulufu) (plural ސުލުފުތައް)

  1. (archaic) sloop

References

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސުލުފު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 227
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