ބިސް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit बीज (bīja, “seed”). Cognate with Sinhalese බිජ්ජ (bijja)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bis̺/, [bis̺]

Noun

ބިސް • (bis) (plural ބިސްތައް (bistak̊))

1. egg
2. roe

Derived terms

• ބިހު ގޮބޮޅި (bihu goboḷi)
• ބިސވަޅު (bisvaḷu)
• ބިސގަނޑު (bisgaⁿḍu)
• ބިސްވަރި (bisvari)
• ކިރު ބިސް (kiru bis)
• ފޮނި ބިސް (foni bis)
• ދޮން ބިސް (don̊ bis)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބިސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 35