މިސްކިތް

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Classical Persian مزگت (mizgit), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis̺.kit̪/, [mis̺.kijʔ]
• Hyphenation: މިސް‧ކިތް

Noun

މިސްކިތް • (miskit̊)

1. mosque

   Synonym: (archaic) ދަނާރު (danāru)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މިސްކިތް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 175
• Jost Gippert (2000), in Early New Persian as A Medium of Spreading Islam: Frankfurt, Page 42