Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit कला (kalā). Cognate with Sinhalese කාල (kāla)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kəːli/, [kəːli]

Noun

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ކާލި (kāli)

  1. quarter

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކާލި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 132