Alternative forms
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Etymology
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Cognate with Sinhalese පිහිය (pihiya)
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /fi.jo.hi/, [fi.jo.hi]
- Hyphenation: ފި‧ޔޮ‧ހި
ފިޔޮހި • (fiyohi)
- knife
- Synonym: ވަޅި (vaḷi)
References
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- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފިޔޮހި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 84