ބުރާސްފަތި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit बृहस्पतिवार (bṛhaspativāra), cognate with Sinhalese බ්රහස්පතින්දා (brahaspatindā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ɾaːs̺.fa.t̪i/, [bu.ɾaːs̺.fä.t̪i]
• Hyphenation: ބު‧ރާސް‧ފަ‧ތި

Noun

ބުރާސްފަތި • (burāsfati) (plural ބުރާސްފަތިތައް (burāsfatitak̊))

1. Thursday

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުރާސްފަތި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 39