Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian بَاقِی (bâqi). Cognate to Urdu بَاقِی (bāqī)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baː.kiː/, [baː.kiː]
  • Hyphenation: ބާ‧ކީ

Noun edit

ބާކީ (bākī) (plural ބާކީތައް (bākītak̊))

  1. remainder, rest, balance, residue, residuum, remnant, surplus

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބާކީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 22