Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sinhalese අදේ (adē), from Pali addā.

Verb

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ހޯދަނީ (hōdanī) 

  1. (astronomy) sixth asterism

Further reading

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހޯދަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 120
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ārdrā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 61