ބޯކު

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Dutch boog. Cognate to Sinhalese බෝක්කුව (bōkkuwa)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boː.ku/, [boː.ku]
• Hyphenation: ބޯ‧ކު

Noun

ބޯކު • (bōku) (plural ބޯކުތައް (bōkutak̊))

1. arch, span

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބޯކު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 36