Derived from Sanskrit एक (eka) + ކު (ku). Cognate with Sinhalese එකකු (ekaku)
- IPA(key): /ekəku/, [ekəku]
- Hyphenation: އެ‧ކަ‧ކު
އެކަކު • (ekaku)
- one person, single
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އެކަކު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 65