Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian نمونه (namūna).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /n̪əmuːn̪əː/, [n̪əmuːn̪əː]

Noun edit

ނަމޫނާ (namūnā) (plural ނަމޫނާތައް (namūnātak̊))

  1. sample, model, example, prototype, specimen, pattern
  2. replica

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ނަމޫނާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 188