ބުބުޅި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda). Cognate to Sinhalese බුබුළ (bubuḷa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.bu.ɭa/, [bu.bu.ɭä]
• Hyphenation: ބު‧ބު‧ޅި

Noun

ބުބުޅި • (bubuḷi) (plural ބުބުޅިތައް (bubuḷitak̊))

1. (Addu) bubble that comes through water

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުބުޅި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 38