Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

ކަރުކަށަ (karukaṣa)

  1. (astrology) Cancer

References edit

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