Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit एकचत्वारिंशत् (ekacatvāriṃśat). Sinhalese එක්සාළිස (eksāḷisa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ekəːɭiːs̺/, [ekəːɭiːs̺]

Numeral

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އެކާޅީސް (ekāḷīs)

  1. forty-one
    Synonyms: ސާޅީސްއެކެއް (sāḷīsekek̊), (duodecimal) ތިންދޮޅަސްފަހެއް (tin̊doḷasfahek̊)

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އެކާޅީސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 65