މަޑުލަ

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɖu.la/, [mä.ɖu.lä]
• Hyphenation: މަ‧ޑު‧ލަ

Etymology 1

Cognate to Sinhalese මිදුල (midula, “yard, court yard of a house, compound”)

Noun

މަޑުލަ • (maḍula) (plural މަޑުލަތައް (maḍulatak̊)) (archaic)

1. unbuilt space around a house
2. house compound, enclosure

Etymology 2

Noun

މަޑުލަ • (maḍula) (plural މަޑުލަތައް (maḍulatak̊))

1. (archaic) Alternative form of މަޑުލު (maḍulu, “atoll”)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މަޑުލަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 163