ހަނޑޫ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ސަނޑޫ (saⁿḍū) (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तण्डुल (taṇḍula, “grain (after threshing and winnowing)”). Cognate to Sinhalese තණ්ඩුල (taṇḍula, “thrashed and winnowed grain”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hə.ᶯɖuː/, [hə.ᶯɖuː]
• Hyphenation: ހަ‧ނޑޫ

Noun

ހަނޑޫ • (haⁿḍū) (plural ހަނޑޫތައް (haⁿḍūtak̊))

1. uncooked rice

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހަނޑޫ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 108