ހަޖޫ

Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic هَجْو (hajw), via Persian

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ha.d͡ʒuː/, [hä.d͡ʒuː]
Hyphenation: ހަ‧ޖޫ

Noun edit

ހަޖޫ • (hajū) (plural ހަޖޫތައް (hajūtak̊))

ridicule, taunt, scoffing, lampoonery
Synonym: މަލާމާތް (malāmāt̊)

References edit

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހަޖޫ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 109

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