Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit चित्रा (citrā). Cognate to Sinhalese සිත (sita)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /hi.t̪a/, [hi.t̪ä]
  • Hyphenation: ހި‧ތަ

Noun edit

ހިތަ (hita) (plural ހިތަތައް (hitatak̊))

  1. The 14th asterism of the south-west monsoon
  2. the asterism Alpha in Virginis

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހިތަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 118