ކަރުދާސް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرْطَاس (qarṭās). Compare Urdu کَاغَذ (kāġaz)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɾu.d̪aːs̺/, [kä.ɾu.d̪aːs̺]
• Hyphenation: ކަ‧ރު‧ދާސް

Noun

ކަރުދާސް • (karudās) (plural ކަރުދާސްތައް (karudāstak̊))

1. paper (material for writing on)

References

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