Cognate to Sinhalese අප්පා (appā)
- IPA(key): /aʔ.pa/, [äp̚.pä]
- Hyphenation: އައް‧ޕަ
އައްޕަ • (appa) (plural އައްޕަތައް (appatak̊))
- (disrespectful) father
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އައްޕަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 15