Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit बुध (budha, Mercury), from which बुधवार (budhavāra) is derived.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bu.d̪a/, [bu.d̪ä]
  • Hyphenation: ބު‧ދަ

Noun edit

ބުދަ (buda) (plural ބުދަތައް (budatak̊))

  1. Wednesday

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުދަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 38