Cognate with Sinhalese බප (bapa)
- IPA(key): /baʔ.pa/, [bäp̚.pä]
- Hyphenation: ބައް‧ޕަ
ބައްޕަ • (bappa) (plural ބައްޕަތައް (bappatak̊))
- father
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބައްޕަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 28