Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Sinhalese හුලහ (hulaha, point, extremity, edge).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /hu.ɭas̺/, [hu.ɭäs̺]
  • Hyphenation: ހު‧ޅަސް

Noun edit

ހުޅަސް (huḷas) (plural ހުޅަސްތައް (huḷastak̊))

  1. (Addu) edge, side

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހުޅަސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 122