ބުޅާ

See also: ބުޅި

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ބުޅައު (buḷau)
• ބެޅަލް (beḷal) — Mulaku
• ބެޅައް (beḷak̊) — Addu

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit बिडाल (biḍāla). Cognate with Sinhalese බළලා (baḷalā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ɭaː/, [bu.ɭaː]
• Hyphenation: ބު‧ޅާ

Noun

ބުޅާ • (buḷā) (plural ބުޅާތައް (buḷātak̊))

1. cat

References

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