ބިސް

Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Sanskrit बीज (bīja, “seed”). Cognate with Sinhalese බිජ්ජ (bijja)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bis̺/, [bis̺]

Noun edit

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ބިސް • (bis) (plural ބިސްތައް (bistak̊))

egg
roe

Derived terms edit

ބިހު ގޮބޮޅި (bihu goboḷi)
ބިސވަޅު (bisvaḷu)
ބިސގަނޑު (bisgaⁿḍu)
ބިސްވަރި (bisvari)
ކިރު ބިސް (kiru bis)
ފޮނި ބިސް (foni bis)
ދޮން ބިސް (don̊ bis)

References edit

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބިސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 35

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