ބެއި
Dhivehi edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit भाग (bhāga). Cognate with Sinhalese බා (bā). Doublet of ބާގަ (bāga) and ބައި (bai).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ބެއި • (bei) (plural ބެއިތައް (beitak̊)) (archaic)
References edit
Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބެއި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 32