ރޫ
Dhivehi
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Sanskrit रूप (rūpa). Cognate with Sinhalese රූ (rū) and රුව (ruwa). Doublet of ރޫފަ (rūfa) and ރޫހަ (rūha).
Noun
editރޫ • (rū) (plural ރޫތައް (rūtak̊))
Etymology 2
editCognate with Sinhalese රැල (ræla), Sinhalese රැල්ල (rælla).
Noun
editރޫ • (rū) (plural ރޫތައް (rūtak̊))
References
edit- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރޫ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 210
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rūpá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press