Etymology
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Borrowed from Arabic هَيْبَة (hayba), via Persian
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ha.i.ba/, [hä.i.bä]
- (Malé) IPA(key): [hæː.bä]
- Hyphenation: ހަ‧އި‧ބަ
Adjective
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ހައިބަ • (haiba)
- large, big, huge, enormous, immense, gigantic, colossal, mammoth
- Synonyms: ފުރަ (fura), ބޮޑު (boḍu), މެހެތި (meheti), މަހާ (mahā)
ހައިބަ • (haiba) (plural ހައިބަތައް (haibatak̊))
- grandeur, dignity, prestige
- Synonyms: އަބުރު (aburu), ފުރަމާނަ (furamāna)
References
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- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހައިބަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 109