Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَضْمُون (maḍmūn), via Persian. Cognate to Urdu مضمون (maẓmūn)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.zu.muː.n̪u/, [ma.zu.muː.n̪u]
  • Hyphenation: މަ‧ޒު‧މޫ‧ނު

Noun

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މަޒުމޫނު (mazumūnu) (plural މަޒުމޫނުތައް (mazumūnutak̊))

  1. essay, article, tractate, treatise, composition

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މަޒުމޫނު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 171