ވިލާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वलाहक (valāhaka). Cognate to Sinhalese වලා (walā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋiləː]
• (Fuvahmulah) IPA^(key): [ʋeləː]

Noun

ވިލާ • (vilā) (plural ވިލާތައް (vilātak̊))

1. cloud
2. brume

Synonyms

• ކާ (kā)
• ނާކާ (nākā)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވިލާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 257