ރަންބުސްތާނު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay rambutan. Cognate to Sinhalese රම්බුතාන් (rambutān)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾan̪.bus̺.t̪aː.n̪u/, [ɾän̪.bus̺.t̪aː.n̪u]
• Hyphenation: ރަން‧ބުސް‧ތާ‧ނު

Noun

ރަންބުސްތާނު • (ran̊bustānu) (plural ރަންބުސްތާނުތައް (ran̊bustānutak̊))

1. rambutan

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރަންބުސްތާނު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 206