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ކަތީބު
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Dhivehi
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Pronunciation
1.3
Noun
1.3.1
References
Dhivehi
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Etymology
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From
Arabic
خَطِيب
(
ḵaṭīb
)
, via
Persian
Pronunciation
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IPA
(
key
)
:
/ka.t̪iː.bu/
,
[kä.t̪iː.bu]
Hyphenation:
ކަ‧ތީ‧ބު
Noun
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ކަތީބު
•
(
katību
)
(
plural
ކަތީބުތައް
(
katībutak̊
)
)
prayer
leader on an inhabited
island
chief
administrative
officer
(of an inhabited island),
island
chief
References
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Hassan Ahmed Maniku (
2000
) “
ކަތީބު
”, in
A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language
, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka,
page
158
Categories
:
Dhivehi terms borrowed from Arabic
Dhivehi terms derived from Arabic
Dhivehi terms borrowed from Persian
Dhivehi terms derived from Persian
Dhivehi terms with IPA pronunciation
Dhivehi lemmas
Dhivehi nouns