Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit कच्चर (kaccara). Cognate to Sinhalese කලල (kalala). Doublet of ކަލައް (kalak̊)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ki.laː/, [ki.laː]
  • Hyphenation: ކި‧ލާ

Noun

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ކިލާ (kilā) (plural ކިލާތައް (kilātak̊))

  1. dirt, mud

Adjective

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ކިލާ (kilā) 

  1. dirty, muddy

Synonyms

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References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކިލާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 144