Dhivehi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese martelo. Cognate to Urdu مَرتَول (martaul)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.ɾu.t̪e.jo/, [mä.ɾu.t̪e.jo]
  • Hyphenation: މަ‧ރު‧ތެ‧ޔޮ

Noun

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މަރުތެޔޮ (maruteyo) (plural މަރުތެޔޮތައް (maruteyotak̊))

  1. hammer

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މަރުތެޔޮ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 168