Dhivehi

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /miː.ba/, [miː.bä]
  • Hyphenation: މީ‧ބަ

Etymology 1

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Cognate to Sinhalese මේවා (mēwā)

Adjective

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މީބަ (mība) 

  1. (archaic) same, similar, like
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Etymology 2

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Cognate to Sinhalese මේ ()

Pronoun

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މީބަ (mība)

  1. this side, the side that is closer to the speaker

Etymology 3

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Cognate to Sinhalese මීපති (mīpati)

Noun

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މީބަ (mība) (plural މީބަތައް (mībatak̊))

  1. (archaic) mighty, powerful, dominative (of a ruler)
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References

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