Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit रहस् (rahas). Cognate to Sinhalese රහස (rahasa). Doublet of ރަހާ (rahā)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɾaː.ha/, [ɾaː.hä]
  • Hyphenation: ރާ‧ހަ

Noun edit

ރާހަ (rāha) (plural ރާހަތައް (rāhatak̊))

  1. (archaic) concealment, covertness, secrecy

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރާހަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 203