ރާދަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit राजन् (rā́jan) or Pali rājan. Doublet of ރަދުން (radun̊)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾəːd̪ə]

Adjective

ރާދަ • (rāda)

1. of royal lineage, of royal blood, royal

Further reading

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރާދަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 202