Borrowed from Arabic قَرْطَاس (qarṭās). Compare Urdu کَاغَذ (kāġaz)
- IPA(key): /ka.ɾu.d̪aːs̺/, [kä.ɾu.d̪aːs̺]
- Hyphenation: ކަ‧ރު‧ދާސް
ކަރުދާސް • (karudās) (plural ކަރުދާސްތައް (karudāstak̊))
- paper (material for writing on)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަރުދާސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 139