Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ރާދަ (rāda)

  1. Of royal lineage, of royal blood, royal.

References edit

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