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ރައްދު

Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian رد (radd), from Arabic رَدّ (radd).

Noun edit

ރައްދު • (raddu) (plural ރައްދުތައް (raddutak̊))

  1. act of returning, bringing, sending, giving back or repelling
  2. denial, refusal, rejection, refutation

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރައްދު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 204
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