Dhivehi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit कच्चू (kaccū). Cognate to Sinhalese කස් (kas)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.haː/, [kä.haː]
  • Hyphenation: ކަ‧ހާ

Noun

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ކަހާ (kahā) (plural ކަހާތައް (kahātak̊))

  1. water prepared for bathing the dead, jujube leaves prepared for such dissolution
  2. (archaic) Alternative form of ކަސް (kas, itch, scabies; pruritus)

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަހާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 134