Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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ކަރުކަށަ (karukaṣa)

  1. (astrology) Cancer

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަރުކަށަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 139