ސޯޅަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati સોળ (soḷ) or Marathi सोळा (soḷā).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soːɭə/, [s̺oːɭə]

Numeral

ސޯޅަ • (sōḷa)

  1. sixteen
    Synonym: (duodecimal) ދޮޅަސްހަތަރެއް (doḷashatarek̊)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṣṓḍaśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 743

Further reading

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސޯޅަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 226
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