ކޮޑި
Dhivehi
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “a granary, store-room, a treasure, an inner apartment, hollow in a tree”). Cognate to Urdu کوتھَرِ (kothrī, “a small room, a cabin; a closet”). Doublet of ކޮޓަރި (koṭari), ކޮށާރު (koṣāru), and ކޮށި (koṣi)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editކޮޑި • (koḍi) (plural ކޮޑިތައް (koḍitak̊))
References
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kostha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 184