ކިހިލި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣa). Cognate to Sinhalese කිහිල්ල (kihilla). Doublet of ކައް (kak̊)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.hi.li/, [ki.hi.li]
• Hyphenation: ކި‧ހި‧ލި

Noun

ކިހިލި • (kihili) (plural ކިހިލިތައް (kihilitak̊))

1. armpit, underarm

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކިހިލި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 144