Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa). Cognate with Sinhalese රුක (ruka)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ރުއް (ruk̊) (plural ރުއްތައް (ruttak̊))

  1. palm tree

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރުއް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 211